The Reentry Commission recent discussed risk assessments used to make important decisions related to inmates, such as work release and parole.

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“What it’s been is a representative of the attorney general’s office controlling the parole board in my opinion.” But not everyone who goes before Alabama’s parole board has a former ...

After a year in the public spotlight, the head of the Alabama parole board once again chose to say nothing. “Any questions will have to go to Matthew (our spokesperson),” said Leigh Gwathney ...

After a year in the public spotlight, the head of the Alabama parole board once again chose to say nothing. “Any questions will have to go to Matthew (our spokesperson),” said Leigh Gwathney, the ...

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 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.

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 ...

Alabama Profits off Prisoners Who Work at McDonald’s but Deems Them Too Dangerous for Parole DADEVILLE ... But that changed several years ago when the board began disregarding its own guidelines ...