Home What's New New Institute Report Examines How Back-End Powers of Prison Release Discretion Operate in Colorado Newly-Released Research Report Examines the Prison-Release Frameworks of U.S. States, the District of Columbia, and the Federal System Watch “How to Make Justice Count: Introducing Consensus-Driven Metrics for Criminal Justice Data” Panel Discussion, Featuring Kelly Lyn Mitchell “In non-paroling systems, prison officials have sole control over back-end prison release discretion for most sentenced individuals. Their ability to affect prison population change ranges from limited to significant, depending on the design of the good-time and earned-time credit system.” How Does Prison Release Indeterminacy Affect Prison Population Size?