Last year, Alabama’s top prosecutor said the parole system is working, and “dangerous offenders are largely the only ones left behind bars.” Was he right? Thousands of people in Alabama lockups are ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles has a new chair, Gov. Ivey announced Monday. Law Enforcement Candidate Hal Nash, the Chief Corrections Deputy with the Jackson County ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Cam Ward, director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, said parole grant rates are ending the year at a record high. In an October meeting of the Joint Prison ...

The Judiciary Committee on Wednesday interviewed two nominees for the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles, focusing on how likely the nominees would be to approve sentence modifications and to take ...

As a state senator five years ago, Cam Ward sponsored a criminal justice reform bill hailed as an important step to relieve overcrowding in Alabama prisons. Today, the U.S. Department of Justice ...

Alex Tsarkov, a nominee for a spot on the Board of Pardons and Paroles, speaks in front of the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Credit: James Watson / CT Mirror The Judiciary ...