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 ...

Law students were granted access into a prison to help inmates better understand the parole system. A team from Hertfordshire Law School conducted three workshops with 20 male prisoners at HMP The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly-elected Board of Corrections Chair Jamie Barker, left, talks to newly elected board Vice-Chair Nathan Lee, right, with newly ...

Lyle and Erik Menendez are heading to their long-awaited parole hearing, marking a huge step forward in their push to be released after 35 years behind bars. Here's what you need to know: Erik ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – On Friday, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe unveiled a series of recommendations to the state’s parole process. Under Executive Order 25-07, the Missouri Department of Corrections and ...

A handful of advocates showed up Friday to give input on how the parole process can be reformed in Missouri. Friday was the first meeting of Missouri's new parole working group, which is focused on ...

Elected officials and civil rights advocates continue their efforts to bring home an 11-year-old U.S. citizen and brain cancer patient who was deported along with her family earlier this year while ...

Janice Buttrum was 17 years old when she was arrested in September 1980 in Whitfield County, Georgia, for murdering a 19-year-old woman with her older abusive husband. Georgia author Jodi McDaniel ...

Racial disparities in parole decisions continue to worsen across New York state, with new data showing a widening gap from a year ago. The state’s parole board is 33% less likely to release a person ...