parole board
Noun
Meaning
parole board (plural parole boards)
A panel of people who decide whether a prisoner should be released on parole.
Examples
At a Parole Board hearing at Christchurch Men's Prison on March 9, his bid for freedom was once again rejected.
Marsh, now 46, appeared before the Parole Board on August 7 and was approved for release.
She became eligible for consideration on June 20, 2014, and this most recent hearing was Allen's fourth Parole Board review.
Chairman of the Parole Board, Joseph Baldacchino said the board was “delighted” to have attended this course and thanked Marcella Leonard and the Minister for Justice Samantha Sacramento for organising the course.
The Parole Board recommended Shaw be granted two days of escorted outings per year, but in a letter dated 29 November, 2016, the Minister for Justice refused the recommendation, which was subsequently challenged by Shaw’s lawyers through the courts.
Every two years, Jason and Maggie have come forward to personally reexperience their horror and to beg the New York State Parole Board not to release the man who violated their mother and put bullets in her head.