A March 3 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims Louisiana has abolished two ways prisoners could earn early release. “Louisiana inmates are no longer eligible for good time!!! / No parole !

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana parole board granted parole on Wednesday to Henry Montgomery, whose Supreme Court case was instrumental in extending the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people ...

Shaidon Blake says a false disciplinary report cost him parole. Shaidon Blake says he didn't threaten officers in prison, but a disciplinary report saying he did might have cost him parole. Kansas ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A divided Alabama legislative committee delayed a vote on a proposal that would allow inmates to speak by video conference at their parole hearings. The House Judiciary ...

A lawsuit filed on behalf of nearly 5,000 inmates -- the killers, robbers and rapists of long ago who today are the veterans of Virginia's prison population -- claims they have been unfairly and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Governor Abigail Spanberger announced the appointment of an entirely new parole board on Tuesday. Those with loved ones behind bars are hoping this will increase the number of ...

JACKSON, Miss.JACKSON, Miss. — A former death row inmate in Mississippi will be resentenced again because of a determination that he has intellectual disabilities — and the new sentence will make him ...

The ACLU of Alabama said its observance of 267 parole hearings this summer showed that the low rate of paroles granted in Alabama cannot be fully explained by concern for public safety. In a report ...

Last year, Alabama’s top prosecutor said the parole system is working, and “dangerous offenders are largely the only ones left behind bars.” Was he right? Thousands of people in Alabama lockups are ...