Ethiopian Parole Laws and Their Enforcement in Bahir Dar Prison

Abstract

In Ethiopia, a court may, upon the recommendation of a prison, order that an inmate shall be, after serving two-third of the sentence of the imprisonment and securing good characteristic, conditionally released from the prison and s/he will serve the remaining one-third of the imprisonment within the society. Despite common and long time implementation of the laws, the Inmates of the prison grumble that critical legal and practical challenges exist there in. With the main objective of scientifically identifying the challenges, the study employed a qualitative research method to enquire the concerns and methodologically analyze the tremendous data collected from informants. In conclusion, it ascertained the existence of the legal gaps and practical challenges encumbering effective implementation of parole laws in the prison.