Introduction / Nicola Padfield, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Frieder Dünkel
The European dimension to the release of sentenced prisoners / Dirk van Zyl Smit and John R. Spencer
Austria / Karin Bruckmüller and Veronika Hofinger
Belgium / Sonja Snacken, Kristel Beyens and Marie-Aude Beernaert
England and Wales / Nicola Padfield
Finland / Tapio Lappi-Seppälä
Germany / Frieder Dünkel and Ineke Pruin
Greece / Leonidas K. Cheliotis, with the assistance of Ioannis Papageorgiou
Ireland / Thomas O'Malley
Italy / Alessandra Gualazzi and Chiara Mancuso
The Netherlands / Martin Moerings
Scotland / Douglas Thomson
Slovenia / Katja Šugman Stubbs and Matjaž Ambrož
Spain / José Cid and Beatriz Tébar
Concluding thoughts / Frieder Dünkel, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Nicola Padfield.