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In late January, 400 inmates monitored by the Alabama Department of Pardons and Paroles became early-release beneficiaries after the state implemented a piece of 2015 legislation that, in a step ...
Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles; Alaska Department of Corrections Parole Board [5] Arizona board abolished as of 1994, duties transferred to the Community Corrections Division of the Arizona Department of Corrections; Arkansas Parole Board [6] Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles [7] Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles
A related concept is the board of pardons and paroles, which may deal with pardons and commutations as well as paroles. A parole board consists of people qualified to make judgements about the suitability of a prisoner for return to free society.
United States law professor Daniel Medwed says convicts who go before a parole board maintaining their innocence are caught in a catch-22 that he calls "the innocent prisoner’s dilemma". [1] A false admission of guilt and remorse by an innocent person at a parole hearing may prevent a later investigation proving their innocence.
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The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in 2020 against Alabama arguing that conditions in the prison system — which the Justice Department called one of the most understaffed and violent ...
In 2019 the U.S. Department of Justice found conditions in Alabama prisons to be unsafe and unconstitutional, as result of a long civil rights investigation prompted by numerous deaths from violence in Alabama lockups. Prisoners routinely face prisoner-on-prisoner violence and sexual abuse, unprotected by the State.
In September 2019, Graddick was appointed by Governor Kay Ivey to lead the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles as the Director of the agency. This was the first gubernatorial appointment to the directorship. Prior to Graddick's appointment, directors were appointed by the three members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.