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A bill to allow parole applicants to attend their hearings virtually and address the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles stalled in a House committee Wednesday after one legislator introduced major modifications to the legislation. Rep. David Faulkner, R-Mountain Brook, tried to submit changes to SB 312, sponsored by Sen. Will Barfoot, R-Pike Road, during […] The post Alabama House committee delays bill allowing parole applicants to participate in hearings appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

David Karp is a sociologist, as well as director of USD’s Center for Restorative Justice

A former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice runs a legal nonprofit, Redemption Earned, that helps aging and sick inmates win release from prison. Last year, 10% of Alabama prisoners received parole.

Alabama currently refuses to allow those given the privilege of earning their parole the opportunity to even be present at their own parole hearing.

Thousands of people are released from prisons and jails every year with conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and infectious diseases.