jan 1, 1984 - Comprehensive Crime Control Act

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"... the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 created the U.S. Sentencing Commission to establish sentencing guidelines for the federal courts and established a regimen of determinate sentences. The chair of the Parole Commission is an ex-officio, nonvoting member of the Sentencing Commission. The decision to establish sentencing guidelines was based in large part on the success of the Parole Commission in developing and implementing its parole guidelines."

Further,
"In 1987, the Sentencing Commission submitted to Congress its initial set of sentencing guidelines, which took effect that year. As per the Sentencing Commission’s guidelines, parole for federal inmates was essentially abolished, but the use of supervised release from federal prison was not entirely eliminated. While official parole and the use of the parole boards no longer exist within the federal justice system, the modified version of early release is afforded some federal inmates based on requisites related to sentence completion."

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