Despite having the nation’s fourth-highest imprisonment rate, the state of Oklahoma only employs a part-time parole board to review the jackets of offenders eligible for parole. Each member earns ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking changes to the process that determines whether prisoners serving lengthy sentences or life ...

As lawmakers weigh changing elderly parole, a retired parole board officer notes that only 3% of parolees have committed ...

Once a month Khalid Mustafa stops by a Dorchester parole office, provides proof that he has steady employment and gives a urine sample. Once a month, a parole officer also drops by his home for a ...