What is Parole?
Parole is a form of early release of a prison inmate where the prisoner agrees to abide by certain behavioural conditions,
including checking in with their designated parole officers, or else they may be rearrested and returned to prison.
How Long Is Parole In South Africa
It must also be noted that any prisoner who has served 25 years of imprisonment must be considered for parole.
What happens if you violate parole in South Africa?
Where a parolee commits an offence whilst on parole and receives a sentence of imprisonment for that offence, parole is automatically cancelled.
The court must order that the new sentence be served cumulatively upon the unexpired balance of parole that remained at the time of the offence.
Can parole be revoked in South Africa?
One offender may have a record of numerous technical violations and still be on parole, while another offender may have parole revoked after a minor technical violation.
Is parole for a life sentence in South Africa?
Section 51 of South Africa’s Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1997 prescribes the minimum sentences for other types of murders,
rapes, and robberies to 25, 15, and 10 years respectively, so parole is almost always granted to prisoners serving life sentences after the minimum sentence for the lesser crime has been served.