Release from prison

What this chapter covers

• When you’ll be released
  How long you’ll serve according to your sentence
• Parole
  The process for being considered for parole, making a submission to the Parole Board and appealing a decision by the Parole Board
• Release conditions
  Standard release conditions, special release conditions and electronic monitoring
• Recall to prison from parole
  When you can be recalled
• Compassionate release
  Reasons for compassionate release
• Extended supervision
  How orders are made by the court and conditions of extended supervision
• Temporary release
  Reasons for temporary release including tangi and how to apply
• Home detention
• Preparing for release
  Support and when you need to tell an employer if you have been in prison