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Parole denied for Todd Mackey Jones; board urges transfer for programming
Summary
The Committee on Parole denied parole for Todd Mackey Jones, citing limited access to programming at his current facility and recommending placement in a facility offering substance-abuse and offender-treatment classes.
The Committee on Parole denied parole for Todd Mackey Jones (DLC 570162) at the Madison Parish South hearing on Oct. 22, citing Jones’s limited access to programming and the board’s judgment that he was not yet ready for release.
Chair Chuck Tillis read Jones’s record into the hearing; Jones described lack of vocational training and said he was not ready for release. Board member Jerry LeDoux noted Jones had been housed at facilities that offered limited programming and emphasized the need for Jones to be moved where he could receive offender- and substance-abuse treatment before release. "I am going to request that the Department of Corrections place you in a facility where you can be more prepared," LeDoux said.
Panel members agreed to deny parole but voiced support for placement where Jones could complete required classes. Prater and Tillis concurred with LeDoux’s recommendation to deny and to request DOC placement to allow completion of programs; the hearing concluded with the board denying parole and requesting program placement.
Ending: The board denied parole and asked DOC to place Jones in a facility that provides the offender-treatment classes and substance-abuse programming the panel said he needs.
