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Parole board grants William Allis parole to Parole Project, endorses interstate transfer
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Summary
The board voted to grant parole to 74-year-old William Allis, citing decades of programming and a commutation that made him immediately eligible; the Parole Project and family offered a reentry plan including a Florida transfer and residential support.
William Allis (DOC 101392) appeared March 19 at a hearing at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Supporters — including family members, a chaplain and the Louisiana Parole Project — detailed decades of programming, artistic work and vocational training and described a residential reentry plan in Florida. Parole Project representatives said Allis would enter phase-one residential reentry programming, have a case manager and a social worker, and that partners in Florida would support his transition.
Opposition came from the district attorney’s office, which pressed the board on the nature of the original offense and urged denial absent fuller confession and remorse. The board reviewed disciplinary history and program participation; members said Allis’s long record of programming, trustee status, vocational certifications and family support weighed in favor of release. The panel voted to grant parole to the Parole Project and authorized coordination of an ICOTS transfer to Florida when appropriate.
Board members stressed conditions and reentry supervision through the Parole Project and noted the governor’s prior commutation as background to the hearing.
