Abstract
The experience of parole is not restricted to the license period; it starts long before parole is even granted. In many jurisdictions, prisoners have to pass through an extensive assessment and decision-making process in the preparatory phase of parole. In the Netherlands, behaviour during incarceration is taken into account in parole decisions. Prisoners’ behaviour is observed and recorded through the whole course of their sentence and profoundly assessed when the time for release draws near. This chapter describes prisoners’ experiences of being subjected to behavioural assessment with something as valuable as their release at stake. The findings reveal that the continuous assessment and scrutiny, the uncertainty inherent to discretionary assessment practices and the considerable weight attached to good prison behaviour fundamentally shapes the experience of incarceration for Dutch prisoners.
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