Parole Resources

The California Prison and Parole Law Handbook (Prison Law Office, 2019) contains information about setting parole dates for people with indeterminate sentences and the parole suitability process. It also covers early parole eligibility consideration for people who...

In the realm of higher education, behind bars correspondence studies reign supreme . While traditional college students attend school in-person, and some even via internet technologies such as Blackboard, prisoners largely participate in higher education the very old...

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Compiled by Legal Services for Prisoners with Children Update January 2019 CLICK HERE

This Guide is intended to help you write a Relapse Prevention Plan (RPP). While an RPP is not required by the Board, it can be a very important document for you to prepare and give to the Board in advance of or during your parole consideration hearing. CLICK HERE

This Guide is intended to help you draft a strong letter of support. Letters of support are an important part of the documentation the person you support will provide to the Board in advance of or during their parole consideration hearing. CLICK HERE

This Guide is intended to help you through the process of writing letters of remorse to the victim(s) of your crime, to their families, and to the communities that you affected. Use this Guide as a resource to help you through your own journey of remorse, but do not...

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This Guide is intended to help you understand the Comprehensive Risk Assessment (CRA or "psychological evaluation") process and challenge any factual errors, mischaracterizations, or omissions you find in those reports.

This Guide is intended to take some of the mystery out of what happens on the day of and during a hearing. As you prepare for the hearing, keep in mind that the main purpose of the hearing is for the Board to determine whether the person before them has identified the...