He was granted parole nearly 11 years after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Here is a look at what will happen to him after his release under South Africa's so-called restorative justice program.
[GFX: What will happen to Pistorius after his release?]
Pistorius was granted parole on November 24th last year, after he served half of his 13 years and five months sentence for murder.
He is expected to live in Pretoria and will complete the remainder of his sentence in the country's community corrections system, under the supervision of South Africa's Department of Correctional Services (DCS).
He will be assigned a monitoring official who will have to be kept informed when Pistorius is seeking job opportunities or moving homes.
He will also have to attend programs on gender-based violence and continue therapy sessions on anger management, according to a lawyer for the Steenkamp family.
[GFX: What is the restorative justice program?]
Prior to his parole, Pistorius participated in the restorative justice program.
The system was introduced after the end of apartheid to deal with apartheid-era crimes in a more participative and reconciliatory way.
It is based partly on how indigenous cultures handled crime long before Europeans colonized South Africa, aiming to find closure rather than merely punishing perpetrators.
An integral part of the program is a victim-offender dialog, where parties affected by a crime come together to try to achieve closure.
Pistorius and Reeva's late father participated in the victim-offender dialog on June 22, 2022.
[GFX: What has been the reaction to his early release?]
In the run-up to the parole hearing, Reeva Steenkamp's mother June released a statement saying she was not convinced Pistorius had been rehabilitated.
However, she said she had no objections to his release.
After Pistorius was granted parole, June Steenkamp lauded the parole board's efforts in involving the victims.
Pistorius' lawyer and family did not comment.
