Conditional release

Conditional release is the release of a convicted person, subject to supervision for the remaining period, after they have served the part of their sentence set by law in prison with good conduct (Law No. 5275, Art. 107). If the supervision period is completed in compliance with the obligations and with good conduct, the sentence is deemed to have been served.

Time to be served in prison

• 30 years for aggravated life imprisonment,
• 24 years for life imprisonment,
• half of the sentence for fixed-term imprisonment.

Offences to which two thirds applies

For people sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment for the following offences, two thirds of the sentence must be served in prison for conditional release:

• intentional killing (TCK 81, 82, 83),
• injury aggravated by its consequences that caused permanent disfigurement of the face,
• torture and ill-treatment,
• sexual assault (except under the second paragraph), sexual intercourse with a minor and sexual harassment,
• offences against private life and the confidential sphere of life,
• offences against state secrets, and espionage.

The proportion is also two thirds for children sentenced to imprisonment for offences against sexual integrity or for drug manufacture and trafficking.

More than one sentence

For more than one aggravated life sentence, 36 years must be served in prison; for more than one life sentence, 30 years; and for more than one fixed-term sentence, at most 28 years. These periods are longer for offences committed as part of the activities of an organisation.

Probation

Convicted persons with good conduct who are held in an open prison and have 1 year or less left until conditional release may, on request, serve the remaining period on probation (Art. 105/A). Under a sentence added by Law No. 7550 of 4 June 2025, at least one tenth of the period to be served in prison until the date of conditional release must have been served for this purpose.