Medical furlough is used rarely in Alabama, and is considered a relief valve to free up vital bed space and medical staff time. Over the last 10 years, an average of just seven people were placed ...

Leola Harris was denied parole, but the prison commissioner deemed her too sick to be locked up and let her out anyway, using a rare outlet called medical furlough. And she's not the only one.

Bob Houston said this week that he supported greater use of parole and long-term furloughs to help address chronic prison overcrowding. Inmate furloughs helped public safety and state's budget, ex ...

The head of the Alabama Parole Board on Thursday questioned why the state should grant parole to a 68-year-old dying man who served 11 years of a life sentence for growing marijuana in Florala.