Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MaKayla Phifer, an advocate with VOCAL (Victims of Crime and Leniency), testifies before the Board of Pardons and Paroles during a ...

A bill to expand the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles from three members to five and make other changes to the board narrowly won approval in a House committee on Thursday, putting it one step ...

Alabama politicians pushed ahead a bill to reshape the state parole board on Wednesday, looking at ways to improve how Alabama decides who is fit for parole from the state’s overcrowded prisons. “If ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a bill to put oversight on the state’s parole board that has garnered national attention for low parole rates. The House Judiciary ...

ALABAMA (WHNT) — The Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles board released a new set of guidelines that could change who can get a second chance. However, it doesn’t make it easier for some to get that ...

Alabamians for Fair Justice are advocating for parole reform in Alabama. Alabama and Georgia are the only states that don't allow inmates to attend their parole hearings. The group is supporting bills ...