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For media inquiries, reach out to our media contact:
John Gullo Long | Communications Manager
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Meet Our New Staff | October 2022

Parole Project added four new staff members over the past few months as organization continues to grow. We recently filled

Parole Project Named Just Trust State By State Grant Inaugural Recipient

The Just Trust, a justice reform grant-making initiative, announced that Parole Project is among the first group of recipients for its State by State Campaign grants. The Just Trust tapped 34 organizations in four states to help grow and stabilize state-level advocacy infrastructure for durable criminal justice policy reform. Just Trust is investing in organizations working to build a more equitable, humane, and dignified engine of public safety.

Meet Our Legal Team

WHEN PAROLE PROJECT BEGAN PROVIDING CLIENTS WITH REPRESENTATION at parole and clemency hearings in 2017, we did so utilizing the combined

Parole Project’s Forgotten Men Initiative Brings Home the First 10/6 Lifers

WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT ATTORNEY Jason Williams and his civil rights division, Parole Project successfully won the release of the first two 10/6 lifers who, at the time of their conviction, were told they would serve a maximum of 10 years and six months but who remained in prison for more than 50 years.

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200+ Clients and Counting

July 15, 2021, was Freddie’s first day of freedom in 33 years and it was a day that he will never forget.