Who is released onto federal parole?

Federal parole now applies only to individuals who were:

    Sentenced for a federal offense before November 1, 1987; Convicted of violating the laws of the District of Columbia in D.C. Superior Court before August 5, 2000;Convicted of crimes within the military criminal justice system;Convicted in certain foreign transfer treaty cases.[1019]
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    Federal parole in the United States was a system that existed prior to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. Parole of federal prisoners began after enactment of legislation on June 25, 1910.[1] Under parole, prisoners were eligible for release before their sentences were complete. Parole boards under the United States Parole Commission determined whether a prisoner should be released and whether or not a parolee who violated parole should be sent back to prison. The U.S. Parole Comm’n (USPC, or “Parole Commission”) was just reauthorized for 5 more years, effective beginning November 1, 2013. Despite the abolishment of federal parole in 1987, the USPC currently has jurisdiction over more than 17,800 individuals convicted of felonies under the D.C. Penal Code, and 3500 individuals convicted of the other kinds of eligible federal offenses discussed above. ↑