Both Uses of
parole
in
A Bend in the Road
- Sims spent three weeks in the infirmary and was released by a parole board sympathetic to what he'd been through.
Chpt 17parole board = group of people responsible for determining if early release from prison is permitted and if so, what conditions should be required of the prisoner
- Instead of finishing the year he still had to serve, he was placed on probation and told to report to a parole officer.
Chpt 17 *parole officer = person responsible for seeing that special conditions are met by a person who was released from prison early
Definition:
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(parole as in: released on parole) conditional early release from imprisonment in which a person is required to comply with special conditions