Last year, there were 8,001 parole hearings, according to CDCR. After those meetings, 33% of prisoners were denied compared to the 14% who were granted parole. Roughly 22% of inmates had their ...

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Harvard-Yale Institute on Policing, Incarceration, and Public Safety has developed peer-facilitated self-help programs for prisoners in California, providing them with the tools to foster ...

HUNDREDS OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center are bracing themselves for unexpected transfers to other ...

He was joined by his father, Stan Wilson, retired CDCR parole agent and brother ... the Parole Agent I exam or gaining eligibility through the transfer process by meeting the minimum qualifications.

Ideally, our parole unit offices are located near CDCR’s Division of Rehabilitative ... during public comments at a recent City Council meeting and also sent a letter to City Councilmembers.

Erik and Lyle Menendez were resentenced last week to 50 years to life in prison, which makes them eligible for parole -- a topic that would likely have been broached at their next hearing, originally ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is reviewing hundreds of state parole hearings to see if any inmates who were denied parole were rejected because of faulty drug tests.

home in 1996. A parole hearing was initially set for June 13, but has now been rescheduled to Aug. 21 and Aug. 22, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced on ...

The review is already underway and will determine if "without the positive drug screening, there is sufficient evidence to support an incarcerated person's denial of parole," said CDCR ...