New Alabama parole system head is a reformer: Q&A with Cam Ward
New Alabama parole system head is a reformer: Q&A with Cam Ward Updated Dec 30, 2020; Posted Dec 30, 2020 Gov. Kay Ivey swears Cam Ward in as the new director of the Alabama Bureau of Prisons and Paroles on Dec. 7 in Montgomery. (Courtesy Cam Ward) Facebook Share For the past 10 years, Cam Ward served in the Alabama Senate, emerging as an influential figure as chair of the Judiciary Committee, which provides oversight over many criminal justice concerns. On Dec. 7, he stepped down from the state Senate and was sworn in as the new director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, an emb...