TO ISSUE THE RESOLUTION ON EARLY RELEASE OF PRISONERS
On April 24, 2018, the Judicial Council of the Supreme People's Court issues the Resolution No. 01/2018/NQ-HDTP guiding the application of Articles 66 and 106 of the Penal Code on conditional early release of prisoners.
One of the contents that are guided at this Resolution is the condition for shortening the probation period of prisoners. Accordingly, a prisoner entitled to conditional early release may have his/her probation period shortened when fully satisfying the following conditions: Having served at least half of the probation period; Showing improvements during the probation period such as: Having actively learned and worked, corrected his/her errors, recorded merits in labor... and been commended and rewarded by an agency at the provincial or higher level.
With regards to shortening level of the probation period, every year, a person entitled to conditional early release may be considered for having his/her probation period shortened once by 3 months to 2 years. In case the remaining probation period of a person entitled to conditional early release is under 3 months, the court may decide to expunge it.
Besides, this Resolution also guides about conditions for conditional early release of persons who are serving imprisonment sentences for serious crimes, very serious crimes or particularly serious crimes; about persons who are serving imprisonment sentences for less serious crimes and conditional early release of under-18 persons who are serving imprisonment sentences.
This Resolution takes effect on June 09, 2018..
