Legislature Rep. Jim Hill asks ACCA members to support sentencing reform Hill said the state needs to focus on keeping dangerous individuals incarcerated while improving rehabilitation and release of others. Jacob HolmesDecember 9, 2022
Legislature House passes bill to create 90-day grace period for court fines The bill originally provided for a 180-day window but the period was shortened to 90 days by amendment. Jacob HolmesFebruary 16, 2022
Featured Opinion Opinion | The underlying problems of Alabama prisons are evident in the Lett case "A war veteran had his bond revoked because of a paperwork error. The callous handling of it sums up Alabama's awful corrections system." Josh MoonApril 5, 2021
News Board of Pardons and Paroles grants paroles The board held 41 parole hearings Tuesday, granting five paroles and denying 36. Brandon MoseleyJanuary 6, 2021
News Parole board schedules nearly 180 hearings next week The hearings will remain closed to public attendance because of COVID-19. Brandon MoseleyJanuary 1, 2021
Courts Sean Worsley, Black disabled veteran arrested for medical marijuana, gets parole The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted Worsley parole on Wednesday. Brandon MoseleyOctober 16, 2020
Courts Birmingham man sentenced for carjacking and firearm charges A federal judge sentenced Darise Cortez Austin, age 29, on Friday for carjacking and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence that... Brandon MoseleyJune 29, 2020
Courts Parole officers shot at in Bessemer Thursday, two law enforcement officers from the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles were fired upon as they approached a Bessemer home to conduct... Brandon MoseleyJune 22, 2020
Courts Alabama Parole and Probation Officers supervising nearly 9,000 violent criminals The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles released a report Thursday that was shared with state legislators and the media this week that shows... Brandon MoseleyMay 29, 2020
Courts Parole hearings this Week The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles announced in a statement to the press that it will hold parole hearings for twenty violent offenders... Brandon MoseleyDecember 17, 2019