Improving Parole Release in America

Abstract

This article lays out a ten-point program for the improvement of discretionary parole-release systems in America. Taken together, our recommendations coalesce into an ambitious model that has never before existed in the United States. Even if adopted separately, our recommendations would achieve substantial incremental improvements in the current practices of all paroling systems.

Keywords: discretionary parole, indeterminate sentencing, evidence based sentencing, procedural justice, fairness, transparency