An inmate convicted 25 years ago argues he would benefit from the 2019 parole reform, if it were to apply to cases from ...

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 ...

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.

A review of the Parole Board found it was losing staff to burnout and the psychological trauma of dealing with murderers and those serving sentences for the most serious crimes. The review said ...

Michael Steele (left), pictured with Jack Whomes, is to be freed (Essex Police/PA) A man convicted of the “Essex Boys” gangland murders can be released from prison, the Parole Board has said.

It truly gives me strength.’ Previously, a letter from the Parole Board noted the ‘prisoner’s objections’ to Ms Wilson’s presence when outlining their decision to bar her from the hearing.

Michael Steele was jailed for life in 1998 for the killings of Tony Tucker, Pat Tate and Craig Rolfe, which he denied, alongside co-defendant Jack Whomes. The three men were found shot dead in a ...

“In terms of his admission, he says that over the time he has been in prison, he has just come to accept his offending,” the board said in a report following Ratana’s parole hearing.