Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A former California parole agent is raising alarms about what he claims is dangerously lax oversight of parolees under the state’s ...

The man accused of gunning down a state parole agent and former Vacaville prison officer inside his East Oakland office last month pleaded not guilty Friday to the first on-duty killing of a ...

A new book reveals that parole boards deciding early release for homicide cases engage in moral evaluations that extend beyond risk assessment and rehabilitation. Based on nearly 500 parole hearings ...

The Massachusetts parole system — or at least, the more than 100 officers charged with helping to enforce its rules — is at a crossroads. Is the main job of officers to help reintegrate the formerly ...