Data Source: California Board of Parole's Annual Reports of Significant Events (percent of scheduled hearings resulting in parole grants); Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles' Monthly Statistical Report (Dec. 2022); and South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services' Parole Rates (data as of Sept. 30, 2023). (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2023)
This graph originally appeared in Going back to Cali: Revisiting California’s parole release system.