Former parole board member describes broken system, ripe for change

May 24, 2021 – Carol Shapiro thought she could be a force for change upon joining the state’s parole board in 2017, but she resigned in 2019 when it became clear to her that the process needed to be reformed from the outside. The criminal justice reformer joins the show to highlight the process of granting parole and make the case for changing New York’s parole laws before the end of the legislative session.