Incarcerated men and women in Alabama who are under consideration for parole do not speak directly to the three-member board that decides their fate. The state is moving closer to changing that. The ...

A federal judge heard arguments Tuesday in a case dealing with Arkansas’ parole system. Convicted criminals released from prison can be re-arrested and forced to serve up to six months in jail if they ...

A federal judge on Friday ordered Arkansas to change how it conducts parole revocations hearings, concluding that the state is violating the due process rights of parolees.

A group of Arkansas parolees is suing the Department of Corrections, the board that conducts parole hearings and others, saying people appearing at parole hearings are routinely denied access to ...

The case of David Funston, a convicted child molester who was granted elderly parole, has raised questions about what led to the decision and how the parole board hearing process works.

How Arkansas conducts parole revocation hearings is under scrutiny by a federal judge in Little Rock, after five hours of ...

Under current law, incarcerated people cannot participate in their own parole hearings.

Parole revocation hearings in Arkansas are under review by a federal judge, who is weighing a request for a temporary restraining order from multiple inmates challenging how the process works. U.S.

A father who violently beat and killed his 18-year-old son with a gas tank and hammer was denied parole after asking for a reconsideration from the Massachusetts Parole Board. In August, Richard ...

Outrage over parole being granted to a convicted serial child molester who lured children with candy has renewed calls to reform California's elder parole program.