Editing Imprisonment (section)

==Release==
When a prisoner completes serving their sentence, starts probation, or is given a [[compassionate release]]<ref name="Bureau of Prisons">{{cite web|title=Compassionate Release/Reduction in Sentence: Procedures for Implementation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 3582(c)(1)(A) and 4205(g)|url=http://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5050_049.pdf|publisher=United States Federal Bureau of Prisons|accessdate=2 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903115123/http://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5050_049.pdf|archive-date=3 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> they are no longer considered prisoners and are '''released''' to the outside world. A [[prisoner of war]] may be released as a result of the end of hostilities or a [[prisoner exchange]]. Prisoners serving a [[life sentence|full life]] or [[indefinite sentence|indefinite]] sentence may never be released.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/types-of-prison-sentence/life-sentences |title=Types of prison sentences: Life sentences |publisher=GOV.UK |date= |accessdate=2022-04-29}}</ref>

Released prisoners may suffer from issues including psychiatric disorders, criminalized behaviours and access to basic needs. Some criminals, particularly criminals convicted of serious crimes ([[Felony|felonies]] or [[Indictable offence|indictable offenses]],) are given [[Collateral consequences of criminal conviction|restrictions]] after release, including bans from buying firearms or jury duty exclusion.  Post release resources may be provided by the authorities.<ref>{{Cite journal | url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/01612840.2016.1154629 | doi=10.3109/01612840.2016.1154629 | title=Mental Health Issues of Women After Release from Jail and Prison: A Systematic Review | year=2016 | last1=Stanton | first1=Ann E. | last2=Kako | first2=Peninnah | last3=Sawin | first3=Kathleen J. | journal=Issues in Mental Health Nursing | volume=37 | issue=5 | pages=299–331 | pmid=27100407 | s2cid=35846437 | url-access=subscription }}</ref> Various factors have been investigated as to their influence on post-release [[recidivism]], such as family and other relationships, employment, housing and ability to quit drug use.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255606267 |title=The Reentry Process: How Parolees Adjust to Release from Prison |date= |accessdate=2022-04-29}}</ref>