Decades of evidence proves that a functional parole system makes us all safer. Human beings don’t function well without hope, and the hope of parole incentivizes good behavior and reformation, ...

A public defender, victim’s advocate and former inmate are part of an effort to improve Missouri’s parole system. The rules haven't been updated since 2017, and advocates say the burdens placed on ...

Maryland leaders wanting to address community concerns about rising crime should reform the state’s parole system. For too long, instead of providing incentives for good behavior and rehabilitation ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Mayor Aftab Pureval and Police Chief Teresa Theetge met on Tuesday with the grieving widow of a man killed in his own home in Over-the-Rhine. Both she and the mayor said Cincinnati ...

A person in New Hampshire who violates the conditions of their parole is very often referred to by the New Hampshire Department of Corrections (DOC) as a “Community Failure.” For those seeking prison ...

Around half of all new admissions to Missouri's prisons come from people who have violated their probation or parole. Those cases sent more than 5,000 Missourians back to prison last year — and a lack ...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (Baxter Bulletin) - Danny Wayne Bobbitt, who last month led police on multiple high-speed pursuits after allegedly stealing three cars over a 12-hour period,was out on parole at ...

Less than 15 percent of parole-eligible prisoners serving life sentences in Maryland have been released since 2015. With advocates across the state clamoring for parole reform, Maryland’s legislature ...

Fred and Marilyn Wortman live in Lake County, Tennessee. Fred is retiring from an accounting career and Marilyn from a nursing career. Editor's note: The writers of this guest essay have a son who is ...