---
title: "Conditional Release Applications"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/crim-criminal-law-en/conditional-release-applications-en"
field: "Criminal Law"
description: "Conditional release in Georgia: served fractions, the deciding organ and revocation rules under Criminal Code Article 72. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-29"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Conditional Release Applications

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/crim-criminal-law-en/conditional-release-applications-en

## The Legal Framework of Conditional Early Release in Georgia

Conditional early release from serving a sentence — release before the expiry of the term — is fully regulated by Article 72 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, and it is that norm which determines who decides the question of release, what minimum fraction of the sentence must actually have been served, and what follows the release. The identity of the decision-maker is decisive. Where the sentenced person has been assigned community service, corrective labour, restriction of military service or house arrest, the question of release is decided by a court, on the rationale that the convicted person's correction no longer requires the full serving of the sentence. Where a term of imprisonment has been imposed — except for a convict placed in a special-risk detention facility — the question passes to the local council of the Special Penitentiary Service, a state sub-agency within the system of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia. The "parole board" familiar from Anglo-American practice corresponds to precisely this local council, together with the probation bureau that supervises released persons.

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### Who decides conditional early release?

The court for non-custodial sentences; the Special Penitentiary Service local council for imprisonment.

### What is the minimum served fraction?

One half, two thirds or three quarters depending on the gravity of the crime; the actually served imprisonment must not be less than six months.

### What follows persistent evasion of duties?

The court revokes the release and the unserved part of the sentence is served.