The Board of Parole Hearings has been conducting elderly parole hearings under a court order since October 2014. At these hearings individuals who have been incarcerated for 25 years, and are over 60 years of age are considered for parole release.
No Time to Wait: A Case for Releasing Elders from California’s Women’s Prisons
This report was prepared by the Policy Advocacy Clinic (PAC) at the UC Berkeley School of Law and the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) at the request of CCWP and the Close California Women’s Prisons Campaign. Download PDF: No Time to Wait_Full Report