Only one in ten of the people in prison who apply for parole receives it in Alabama, and a new report is prompting calls to reform the state's parole system. The ACLU's Alabama Parole Watch Report observed around 300 parole hearings during the summer, and found the current system contributes to overcrowding and racial disparities - and unfairly denies parole to some people who pose no public-safety threat. Alison Mollman, interim legal director at the ACLU of Alabama, said even individuals who are cleared for work release in communities have an 85% parole denial rate. ...