Office Address
Suite 430, Balcony Level, West Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334
United States
Primary Phone
Parole Status Questions
- (404) 656-3818
- GaParoleBoard@pap.ga.gov
(404) 657-9450
Mail to:
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr SE
Suite 430, Balcony Level, West Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334
United States
Mission Statement
The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is a part of the executive branch of Georgia’s government, constitutionally authorized to grant paroles, pardons, reprieves, remissions, commutations, and to restore civil and political rights.
Parole is the discretionary decision of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to release a certain offender from confinement after he or she has served an appropriate portion of a prison sentence. Persons on parole remain under state supervision and control according to conditions which, if violated, allow for re-imprisonment.
To serve the citizens of Georgia by exercising the constitutional authority of executive clemency through informed decision-making, thereby ensuring public safety, protecting victims’ rights, and providing offenders with opportunities for positive change.
Vision
- Making informed, scientific, data-driver clemency decisions based in constitutional authority and guided by applicable state law
- Preparing offenders for positive change through the imposition of practical and constructional pre and post release conditions
- Protecting the public and creating safer communities by holding accountable those offenders who violate the conditions of release
- Ensuring crime victims have a voice in the post-conviction criminal justice process
- Fostering partnerships and positive relationships with all stakeholders
- Engaging, educating and encouraging the active participation of all stakeholders in the clemency decision-making process
- Striving to be a continuously learning public safety organization