Before completing the full sentence, a prisoner may be transferred to an open prison or granted parole by the court. In such cases, they continue serving their sentence in the community under probation supervision.

A prisoner may, with their consent, be transferred to an open prison if their individual execution plan shows that serving the sentence in a closed prison is no longer necessary and there is sufficient reason to believe that they will not commit new offences.

Most prisoners have the opportunity to be released before the end of their sentence and continue serving it in the community under probation supervision.

Serving a sentence under probation supervision means that the convicted person does not serve the sentence in prison but lives at home and may work or study, while complying with court-imposed conditions. They are assigned a period of probation and probation supervision during which they must follow supervision requirements and obligations. During probation supervision, they must attend scheduled meetings, comply with all requirements and obligations, cooperate with the probation officer, and live law-abidingly. The decision on conditional early release is made by the court.

• Prison Act
• Prison Internal Regulations

• Estonian Courts
• Republic of Estonia Prosecutor's Office