California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Reyes, No. S058825. (Cal. 1998):
The purpose of parole is to monitor and assist those who have completed prison sentences as they make the transition from regimented prison life to free society. (See Morrissey v. Brewer, supra, 408 U.S. at pp. 477-478, 92_S. Ct._2593.) To accomplish this purpose, the parolee is granted a conditional liberty that is significantly less than that of an ordinary free adult but substantially greater than that of a prison inmate. (Id. at pp. 481-482, 92_S. Ct._2593.) The legitimate scope of the parolee's privacy expectations are consistent with this intermediate status, which should determine the standard by which the validity of parole searches are judged.
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