When An Incarcerated Individual Does Everything Right, But an Algorithm is Wrong

Date:  04-10-2025 Nearly blind and in a wheelchair, an algorithm deemed Calvin Alexander a moderate risk for parole

From PROBULICA: Calvin Alexander thought he had done everything the Louisiana parole board asked of him to earn an early release from prison. He had taken anger management classes, learned a trade and enrolled in drug treatment. And as his September hearing before the board approached, his disciplinary record was clean. Alexander, more than midway through a 20-year prison sentence on drug charges, was making preparations for what he hoped would be his new life. His daughter, with whom he had only recently become acquainted, had even made up a room for him in her New Orleans home. Continue reading >>>