Pedrinhas Penitentiary Complex, in São Luís Disclosure/Government of Maranhão The Maranhão Court authorized the temporary release of 953 male and female inmates during the period of Father's Day 2026, in Greater São Luís. The list with the names of the beneficiaries was forwarded to the State Secretariat for Penitentiary Administration (Seap) by assistant judge Marcelle Adriane Farias Silva, who is responsible for the 1st Court of Criminal Executions in the District of São Luís Island. According to the decision, prisoners are authorized to leave prisons from 9 am this Wednesday (5). Return to the units must take place by 6pm on Tuesday (11). Click and subscribe to the g1 Maranhão channel on WhatsApp The judge informed that the inmates benefited from fulfilling the requirements set out in articles 122 and 123 of Law No. 7,210/1984, known as the Penal Execution Law. They will be able to go out to visit family, as long as they are not imprisoned for other reasons. During the period of temporary departure, beneficiaries must comply with a series of restrictions. Among the determinations are: inform the address where the family that will be visited lives or the place where they can be found during the benefit; remain at the residence visited during the night; do not attend parties, bars or similar establishments; comply with other determinations established by the Court. In the document sent to Seap, the judge also determined that the directors of prisons on the Island of São Luís inform the 1st Criminal Execution Court, by 12pm on Friday (14), whether the inmates have returned to the units, in addition to communicating any changes. Trending videos on g1 Temporary release Temporary release is provided for in the Penal Executions Law (Law 7,210/84), from article 122 to article 125, and can be granted to convicts serving sentences in a semi-open regime, which is intended for sentences between four and eight years, not being cases of recidivism. In the semi-open regime, the law guarantees the recovering person the right to work and take courses outside the prison during the day, and must return to the penitentiary unit at night. According to article 123 of the law, authorization will be granted by a motivated act of the executing judge, after consultation with the Public Prosecutor's Office and the penitentiary administration. To have this right, the prisoner must: Have appropriate behavior; Have served a minimum of one-sixth of the sentence, if the convict is a first-time offender, and one-fourth, if he is a repeat offender; Have compatibility of the benefit with the objectives of the sentence; Beneficiaries must comply with restrictions such as staying at the visited residence at night, not attending parties, bars and the like, and other provisions.