It means that after being released from jail or prison, the person is required to appear before a court authority for further proceedings or monitoring. Basically, they can't just peace out and disappear into the sunset without checking in with the legal system. It's like a legal leash to make sure they don't pull a disappearing act.
STAINS Changing Lives After Incarceration - 2011 was released on: USA: 19 April 2012 (limited)
Moyers and Company - 2012 Incarceration Nation 2-40 was released on: USA: 22 December 2013
Moyers and Company - 2012 Incarceration Nation 2-50 was released on: USA: 22 December 2013
A person's release date appears on their official documentation. This can be discovered by contacting the law enforcement agency that has custody of the person: County Sheriff's Department in the event of jail incarceration, or Department of correction in the case of prison incarceration.
Shock incarceration is when a judge hands down a lengthy sentance for a 1st time offender, say 6 months, and then orders their release after a short time and puts then on probation. Shoch (the incarceration) usually lasts between 10 and 25 days.
Any propperty removed from you at the time of incarceration (with the exception of contraband), should have been treturned to tyou at the time of your release from custody - UNLESS - it was seized as evidence. If it wasn't returned, go to the jail administrative office and make a claim for it.
A parolee or probationer can be violated and returned to incarceration any time they fail a urine test, be it the first test to establish a baseline or the last test given on the final day of reporting. The conditions of your release state "no illegal drug use." There is no starting point, and the end point only comes after you are discharged.
When Jim Returned - 1913 was released on: USA: 24 April 1913
Searchlight Serenade Big Bands in the WWII Japanese American Incarceration Camps - 2012 V was released on: USA: November 2012
The Man Who Returned to Life - 1942 was released on: USA: 5 February 1942
Missing Persons - 2000 was released on: USA: 29 September 2000
Missing Persons - 1993 was released on: USA: 30 August 1993