Historical Development of Conditional Release and its Role in the Prison System until 1919 Cover Image

Historický vývoj podmíněného propuštění a jeho role v rámci výkonu trestu odnětí svobody do roku 1919
Historical Development of Conditional Release and its Role in the Prison System until 1919

Author(s): Ondřej Klabačka
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Conditional release;conditional discharge;conditional liberation;ticket-of-leave;Parole;Parole release system;Walter Crofton;Bonneville de Marsangy;Zebulon Brockway;Elmira Reformatory;Elmira;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the historical development of conditional release. The origins of this penological tool have not been comprehensively described in the Czech Republic so far. Czech publications provide contradictory information in this regard. Nevertheless, such uncertainties also appear in articles written by foreign authors. The aim of this article is to explain these ambiguities and to describe the origins of conditional release in the context of the development of imprisonment. The article covers a period until 1919 when this instrument was first enshrined in our legal system by the Act No. 562/1919 Coll., on Suspended Sentence and Conditional Release. After this historical milestone, it has become easy to find information on the further development of conditional release in our country.

  • Issue Year: 31/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 47-92
  • Page Count: 46
  • Language: Czech