Conditional release is a method of release from detention that is contingent upon obeying conditions under threat of return to detention under reduced due process protections.
When applicable in the context of post-conviction detention, unconditional release can be a synonym of parole.
Suspects may also receive a conditional release from investigative detention. In many jurisdictions this can be synonymous with release under investigation (RUI), in the UK, or judicial interim release in Canada.
In a psychiatric setting
Conditional release can also be used as a less restrictive alternative to hospitalizing psychiatric patients.4
References
Doherty, Fiona (2013). "Indeterminate Sentencing Returns: The Invention of Supervised Release". N.Y.U. L. Rev. 88 (958). ↩
"3.18 Judicial Interim Release". 8 May 2017. https://www.ppsc-sppc.gc.ca/eng/pub/fpsd-sfpg/fps-sfp/tpd/p3/ch18.html ↩
"Release under investigation and pre-charge bail". https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/campaigns/criminal-justice/release-under-investigation ↩
Segal, S. P.; Burgess, P. M. (2006). "Conditional release: a less restrictive alternative to hospitalization?". Psychiatric Services. 57 (11): 1600–6. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.57.11.1600. PMC 7117616. PMID 17085608. http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4bk2p98v ↩