Parole Board updates guidelines to refine decision-making process

Parole Board updates guidelines to refine decision-making process

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles has adopted its first revisions to the state’s parole guidelines, following a statutory review required every three years. While the guidelines are not mandatory and do not provide a definitive picture of an offender’s overall parole readiness, the Board said the changes are designed to improve consistency and better reflect both risk and rehabilitation efforts. According to the Board, the guidelines serv…

Alabama parole board finalizes guidelines after years-long delay

MaKayla Phifer, an advocate with VOCAL (Victims of Crime and Leniency), testifies before the Board of Pardons and Paroles during a hearing in Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The parole board finalized new guidelines to determine an applicant's fitness for release last week. (Stew Milne for Alabama ReflectorReflector)The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles finalized new parole guidelines on Thursday after allowing the public to rev…