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Parole denied for Jonathan Terrell Myers after victims, DA press opposition
Summary
The Louisiana Committee on Parole denied parole for Jonathan Terrell Myers (DOC 524486) at an April 23, 2025 hearing in Franklin Parish after strong victim testimony and a district attorney’s opposition; board members cited incomplete sex-offender treatment.
The Louisiana Committee on Parole denied parole for Jonathan Terrell Myers, DOC 524486, at a hearing April 23, 2025, held remotely at Franklin Parish Detention Center and convened at the Department of Corrections headquarters in Baton Rouge. The board voted to deny parole after hearing victim testimony, law enforcement opposition and disputed records about treatment completion.
Myers told the board he has worked and taken educational programs in prison and described himself as a “master barber” who has been a trustee and maintained steady work. He said he remained “innocent” of the forcible-sex offense conviction but acknowledged victims were hurt. Deputy Mason Wright, Franklin staff, told the panel Myers had been “very productive” and had not caused problems while at that facility.
Alexis, identified in the hearing as the daughter of the victim Joanna Skinner, spoke in opposition and described repeated episodes of violence and threats toward her mother and family. Randall Myers, Assistant District Attorney for Jefferson Parish, told the board the office was “strongly opposed” to release, citing the violent nature of Myers’s record, what the DA described as a lack of remorse, and incomplete sex-offender treatment noted in Myers’s file.
Board members focused on whether Myers had completed required offender-treatment programs. During the interview, Myers said he had completed multiple program phases but was transferred before finishing the final phase of the sex-offender treatment and that COVID-era cancellations further disrupted programming. The board told him it had no verification of completion of the sex-offender classes and said he needed those classes before the panel would consider release.
After executive session the panel voted to deny parole. The board instructed staff and Myers on the record that completion of the required treatment remained a condition for future consideration.
Myers’s parole was denied; the board encouraged follow-up on verifying program completion and on placement to allow him to finish required classes.
