Compassionate ReleaseFederal sentencing law has been unjustifiable and incapable of being defended against harsh criticism or denial for a generation, but in a and a particular vision of principles, she shows restraint in matters of security. valve called compassionate release. The Sentencing Reform Act gave federal courts the ability to reduce federal prisoner sentences for curious and strange reasons, most likely an extremely serious illness. Compassionate release is a program that allows certain seriously ill prisoners to die outside of prison before the end of their sentence. Incarceration by prison or in another enclosure is justified on 4 principles: retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation and incapacity. Retribution refers to the idea that offenders should be punished for committing crimes when they freely violate existing social rules. Rehabilitation to return an inmate to a healthy state of living after an illness, injury, or drug problem. Deterrence involves establishing clear consequences for criminal activities, which were created to make people think twice before engaging in these activities. The final incapacitation removes prisoners from the society they are said to have offended against. How these principles relate to compassionate release is explained by punishments in a future life through deprivation of liberty when other sanctions imposed for an offense are not sufficient, to restore a state of good health and the ability to work through drug treatment or educational programs, deterrence of future criminal acts, and incapacitation by separating prisoners from society...... middle of paper .. .... rented prisoners re-enter society before the end of their lives and at the same time say goodbye to their loves, friends and family. In my personal opinion, I think that the person who is in control and who has the power to decide and choose the prisoners he or she should be able to be released on humanitarian grounds. The qualities of the law would need to be changed somewhat to give prisoners themselves the right to apply to the court for release on compassionate grounds. Most importantly, the office should inform prisoners of the option as well as the release program, which it currently does not do. They probably give them a brief primer on what to expect and what duty must be fulfilled in recommending the release of any prisoner who, according to social workers, medical staff and others working in federal prisons, has good reasons to leave prison early..