MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles denied parole for three out of four people deemed low-risk by state assessments in 2025, according to a report released by the ACLU of Alabama on Wednesday.
Those with a low-risk assessment were granted parole at a rate 7.9 percentage points higher than those classified as high risk in 2025, the smallest gap in recent history, the report said.
The ACLU of Alabama’s Parole Watch Report took data from the board’s monthly and annual statistical reports as well as information collected during in-person parole hearings to analyze Alabama’s parole system. The report released this week was a follow-up to one from 2023…