The legislation aims to expand the parole board from three members to five, and remove the power to appoint the board's chair ...

The Judiciary Committee on Wednesday interviewed two nominees for the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles, focusing on how likely the nominees would be to approve sentence modifications and to take ...

A bill to expand the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles from three ... and requirements in the law, such as the parole guidelines. “A lot of state agencies are watching right now,” Chambliss ...

The Education Trust Fund (ETF) will provide nearly $10 billion in funding for the state’s various education programs and ...

A Republican state senator who leads the Alabama Legislature’s prison oversight committee said the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles refused for more than a year to answer the committee’s ...

Gov. Kay Ivey signs Alabama's 2026 fiscal year budgets, increasing education funding by 6% and general funds by 10%.

Alabamians for Fair Justice are advocating for the state to grant parole to more people in prison. So far in 2025, the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles has granted about 20% to 25% of paroles to ...

It aims to allow parolees and probationers the opportunity to obtain licenses without automatic disqualification for those ...