Under elderly parole, inmates 50 or older who served 20 years or more could be eligible for a parole hearing — regardless of how violent their crime was.

DAPO would like to thank our law enforcement agency partners for their collaboration in this successful operation to enhance public safety in the Salinas community,” said DAPO Director Bryan Bishop.

Outrage over parole being granted to a convicted serial child molester who lured children with candy has renewed calls to ...

In 2018, California’s Democratic supermajority codified into law the Elderly Parole Program, which gave inmates who had served at least 25 years in prison and who were 60 years or older the ...

Thousands of prisoners in California go before the Board of Parole Hearings each year in hopes of a chance at freedom. It’s a daunting situation that deals in high stakes for all involved.