Press Releases

The monthly meeting of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles is scheduled for June 8, 2023.

The agenda for the June meeting of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles is available. 

Atlanta - At the Georgia Parole Board’s monthly meeting this week, the Georgia Office of Victim Services recapped National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) 2023, in a presentation to the Board.

Scam targets families of inmates

ATLANTA - The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is alerting the public of a scam by which an offender’s family is contacted and requested to pay a fee so the offender can be released.

Synopsis

The Board finds that its Rule 475-3-.05 regarding Parole Consideration, specifically paragraphs (8)(b-h), (9)(b-d, f, g), (10)(a), (12)(a), and (13)(a), need to be revised to change the crime severity level for the offenses of criminal street gang activity and arson I from level five to level eight and six, respectively, amend the weights of the risk factors for males and females, and add a factor with its respective weight for females.  

The agenda for the May 2, 2023, monthly operational meeting of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles is available.

ATLANTA - Join us April 25, 2023, at 2 p.m. for a “Conversation on Victims’ Rights,” an event planned for National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) 2023, which will be celebrated April 23-29, 2023.

The monthly operational meeting of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles is scheduled for May 2, 2023.

The Georgia Parole Board's April 4, 2023, operational meeting has been canceled. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles conducts monthly operational meetings. Offender cases are not reviewed and parole decisions are not made at these monthly meetings. 

The monthly operational meeting of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles scheduled for March 7, 2023, has been canceled.