Hearings

Know Your Community's PB Members

Parole boards are not anonymous. Every state board is composed of named appointees, all accountable to the official who appointed them and to the public. Click any state below to see published profiles of that state's board members, drawn exclusively from official public sources.

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What Each Profile Contains

For each board member, where the information is available in the public record, profiles include:

  • Full name and official title
  • State and board
  • Appointing official and date of appointment
  • Term end date
  • Professional background as published in the official state bio
  • Public-record vote history on cases involving offenses against children, where available
  • Official board contact channel — the published office address or web form

What Profiles Do Not Contain

The site does not publish home addresses, personal phone numbers, family information, photographs taken outside of official capacity, or any non-public detail about any board member. The site does not publish opinion pieces about individual members. Concerns about a board member's record should be directed through official channels — the state's executive office, the legislative committee with oversight, or the official board complaint process.

Why this matters. A parole board's composition is the single largest variable in whether a particular hearing results in release. The same case file, presented to two different boards, can result in two different outcomes. Knowing who is on your board — and how they have voted in the past — turns a hearing from a black-box event into a participatory civic process.

How to Look Up Your Board Yourself

  1. Search for "[your state] parole board" or "[your state] board of pardons and paroles."
  2. Look for a "Members," "Commissioners," or "About" page on the official state site.
  3. Each member's official bio typically lists appointment date, term length, and professional background.
  4. Many state boards also publish meeting minutes or hearing decisions — these are the source for vote history.
  5. If the information is not on the official site, your state's open-records or Freedom of Information Act process can be used to request it.

If you would like to volunteer to research and submit profiles for a state that is not yet covered, the submission form is the place to start.