INTRODUCTION
The term probation and parole are the two substitutes to the imprisonment, where the behavior of the wrongdoer is administered according to the law.
Parole means “permission for a prisoner to be released before their period in prison is finished, with the agreement that they will behave well”
Probation means release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision.
Difference Between Parole and Probation:
Basis of difference | Parole | Probation |
Good Conduct | Parole is one in which the prisoner is unconfined from the prison either momentarily or permanently, earlier the end of the judgment, subject to good conduct.
| Probation can be said as a penalty levied by the court in which the criminal lawbreaker is not imprisoned but permitted to continue to stay in the community, on the promise of good conduct, subject to the administration of the probation officer. |
Meaning | Parole means the former period release of the prisoner, on the condition that the prisoner shall be under the control of the respective authority and imprisonment, will be continued upon the non-adherence of conditions stated. | Probation refers to the judgment given to the convicts, in which the convicts continue out of jail, under the direction of a probation officer, and follows the directions set forth in the judgment by the court of law. |
Approval | Parole is nothing but an arrangement of restrictive release from the jail. | Probation is approved by the judge as an alternative of the detention. |
Authority of both | The parole board gives the pronouncement about the parole of an inmate. | The pronouncement of probation of a suspect(s) is given by the court. |
Time as to both | Parole is permitted later the wrongdoer has finished a specified period of their judgment term in jail.
| The probation is approved to the suspect before imprisonment, that is despite directly sending the suspect to the prison, they are given an opportunity to rehabilitate themselves, through this procedure. |
Who may be granted | Parole is permitted to those offenders which are previously in prison, and also presented to grave offenders, who pursue virtuous behavior, during the period of their verdict.
| Probation is granted to those peoples who have no previous criminal record so far and also for the criminalities that do not involve viciousness. |
Reporting | The criminal under parole has to report to the parole officer, but in case if the suspect fails in reporting without rational reason, the criminal is sent back to the prison on the grounds of the original judgment.
| A person who has approved probation, reports to the probation officer, though, the default in reporting to the respective authority may lead to resentencing to prison, for a specific time. |
