In 2018, Alabama's parole board granted paroles in 53% of cases. That rate has steadily declined since then, to 10% last fiscal year. During the first five months of this fiscal year, which started Oct. 1, the board has granted parole only 6% of the time.
Veronica R. Johnson interim executive director of the Alabama Justice Coalition, left, and Alison Mollman, senior counsel for the ACLU of Alabama, advocate for a bill requiring changes at the Board of Pardons and Paroles at an event organized by the Alabamians for Fair Justice coalition.
Alabama’s three-member parole board heard 4,009 cases last fiscal year and granted parole to 409 of those inmates, or 10 percent. During the first five months of this fiscal year, which started Oct. 1, the board has heard more than 1,700 cases and granted parole only 6 percent of the time. If the guidelines recommended parole for an inmate and the board denied parole, the inmate could appeal that decision to Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, which would have the final say.
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