Imprisonment means cutting down the person from his liberty, from his social bonding & separation from his family. Imprisonment is the period given for the reformation of his legally unacceptable behaviour. But in the reformative prison system we cannot deny the importance of the family bonding in the reformation process. After imprisonment the prisoners are going to be release in the society. Therefore their contact with the family & with the society needs to be maintained. So that he can finally rehabilitate in the society. Therefore convict prisoners are given the parole & furlough facilities just to test their behaviour in open environment & their adjustment with the society. Parole & Furlough enable the prisoners to obtain his release & to return to the outside world for a short prescribed period. These facilities enable inmate to maintain continuity with his family life & deal with family matter. It also saves them from the evil effect of the continuous prison life. It helps to maintain constructive hope & active interest in the life. As per prison manual, there is provision to release prisoners for specific period who are serving sentence inside the prison. The Deputy Inspector General of Prison & Revenue Commissioner is the sanctioning authorities to release prisoner on furlough & parole respectively. To release a prisoner on leave, surety is required. The sanctioning authority also considers a report from the police about the surety, chances of the prisoner absconding and probability to commit any offence.

There is lack of knowledge & misconception about the legal procedures required for the parole & furlough leave among the family members of the prisoners. We assist inmates & their family members to complete various procedures required to avail parole & furlough facilities. Social worker interacts with families of prisoners & sensitizes them to sand surety for parole & furlough. We also interact with revenue, police, and prison officials for speedy disposal of parole & furlough cases. Even social worker give counseling of concern prisoner before release form the prison, which reduces the chances of absconding after release on parole & furlough.

Many family members are not aware about the parole & furlough facilities available for the prisoner. Even in the case of death of his any family member, prisoner comes to know after some days. Therefore, we have adopted a strategy that whenever home visits are paid to relatives of prisoners for any reason then we make them aware of various facilities available to prisoners like furlough, parole, and death parole. This assists them in taking appropriate action in time in case of an emergency. There have been cases where prisoners were able to perform the last rites of their near and dear ones in time because of our timely intervention and support.