Posts Tagged Parole
Changes in Richmond May Mean Freedom for Some Prisoners
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on January 12, 2017
Credit: Dave Nakayama / Creative Commons
In 1995, Virginia abolished parole — a change that led to crowding of state prisons and longer stays behind bars. Now, small cracks have developed in the legal wall that keeps about 30,000 people locked up. Sandy Hausman reports on changes that could free some inmates.
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