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The bipartisan measure requires the Parole Board to analyze an inmate’s employment, education and risk assessment when determining release, aiming for better outcomes.
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parole stories
Legislature
The organization is defending voting rights and the First Amendment while calling for criminal legal reform and reproductive justice.
Prisons
The groups argue that the guidelines should only punish instigators of prison violence, among other changes.
Legislature
Beginning in 2019, applicants have been granted parole at a sharply declining rate.
News
Since 2019, parole approval rates have plummeted from more than half of applicants being released to lows of 1 to 3 percent per month.
Prisons
Some of the state’s leading legal and policy experts will gather to discuss the parole system's shortcomings and explore potential reforms.
Prisons
Parole continues to be a rare privilege granted to exceedingly few incarcerated people.
Prisons
Several individuals helped fight for Robert George’s release.
Courts
Blakely, Alabama's longest serving sheriff, will be released after serving just over a year of his three-year sentence.
State
Recent data shows an uptick in the percentage of people being granted parole, although still far short of the board’s guidelines.