Supervised Release

Due Process Institute supports reforms that make post-incarceration supervision fairer and more effective. The goal is to reduce unnecessary revocations and focus supervision on helping people successfully reintegrate.

Legislative Efforts

Learn about Due Process Institute’s policy work to improved supervised release.

Amicus Briefs

Discover how Due Process Institute advocates in the courts for better supervised release systems.

Research

Interested in learning about supervised release and necessary reforms?

Litigation Impact

Are the portions of 18 U.S.C. § 3583(k) that required the district court to revoke supervised release and to impose re-imprisonment based on a finding by a preponderance of the evidence that respondent violated the conditions of his release an “unconstitutional and unenforceable” law?

OUTCOME: In a 5-4 decision in Haymond v. United States, the Supreme Court agreed with the Due Process Institute’s opinion and ruled in favor of Haymond. Read the opinion by Justice Gorsuch here.

Due Process Institute wishes to thank David T. Goldberg for his amicus support on this matter.