At present, parole is unattainable for many in Alabama. In theory, the Parole Board should take into account several factors in its determinations, but any one of those factors could sink a person’s ...

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 ...

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

A man convicted of a 2008 robbery in Decatur was one of few granted parole following hearings last week as the statewide parole rate — criticized last Tuesday at a Reentry Alabama meeting — continues ...

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles recently granted the parole petitions of two inmates serving time for Butler County ...

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

Oklahoma lawmakers are gearing up to debate a variety of criminal justice bills, including one that would pause the death ...

HB40 would require the board to use the parole release ... The chairman of the Reentry Commission and director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, Cam Ward, said a law will soon go ...

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

Good morning West Alabama. It is Thursday, January 16, 2025. It is the 16th day of the year with 349 remaining.

Former NFL wide receiver Henry Ruggs will be incarcerated very close to where he played for the Las Vegas Raiders.