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Graph showing parole rates in California between 2019 and 2022 compared with parole rates in South Carolina and Alabama. Until recently, California grant rates were lower than both Alabama and South Carolina rates

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.

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