Eleven out of 15 inmates considered for release last week have been granted parole, including prisoners convicted of murder, manslaughter, and other violent crimes, according to a news release from the V.I. Bureau of Corrections.
The V.I. Parole Board determined that four inmates should not be granted parole at this time, including Winston Carter, convicted of first-degree assault; Jermall Evans, convicted of first-degree robbery; and Rusiel Encarnacion, convicted of third-degree robbery.
The fourth inmate denied parole, Jahzeel Fenton, was convicted of first-degree assault, domestic violence. Fenton was 17 years old when he shot a woman in the stomach in front of her young children in March 2010.