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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Today, Governor Ivey issued a to allow for the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles to resume parole hearings. This order comes less than one week after the 老澳门开奖结果 of Alabama's Campaign for Smart Justice released , or 15 percent of the overall population currently incarcerated in Alabama prisons, were eligible for a parole hearing before April 1, 2020.
Executive Director Randall Marshall:
"We are glad to see the Governor and parole bureau move to resume parole hearings. However, the delay between now and May 18 leaves thousands of prisoners, corrections officers, and surrounding communities vulnerable to exposure and spread of COVID-19. Furthermore, when hearings do resume, it is vitally important that the parole board hold more hearings and grant more paroles than they have been granting: their previous fiscal year average of 22 grants per month is unconscionable during this current public health crisis."
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Read stories from people in Alabama prisons who have been denied parole at .
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