Two of the three parole board members began to change their voting patterns, opting to let more people out of prison. Alabama’s parole rate rose to 20% in 2024, according to data from the Bureau ...

VOCAL Executive Director Wanda Miller said the freeze could have had jarring implications for the nonprofit aimed at ...

In an October meeting of the Joint Prison Committee, lawmakers grilled the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles about those numbers being too low. Ward said it is now at a 25-30% grant rate.

The Parole Board sends men from the prison system to the center, and judges have also started sending men on probation there, said Cam Ward, the director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles.

The ACLU of Alabama’s 2025 priorities include criminal justice reform, voting rights, reproductive justice and protecting ...

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted conditional release to 26% of eligible inmates during the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, a significant increase when compared ...

That’s because in Alabama the ... prisoners coming up for parole were released, with no clear racial disparity, it noted. But that changed several years ago when the board began disregarding ...

Legislative Session for the State of Alabama begins on Feb. 4. The ACLU of Alabama says its goal this year is to expand and ...

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles held 22 hearings on Jan. 15, and two featured Chilton County offenders with one ...