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Split board vote denies parole for Reginal McNeil; one member favors release with conditions
Summary
For AIS# 221015 (Reginal M. McNeil) supporters and victims testified; after an executive session the board split 2–1, with Chair Hal Nash and Member Gabrelle Simmons voting to deny and Member Jennifer Conway voting to grant with conditions including halfway house placement and GPS monitoring.
Reginal M. McNeil (AIS# 221015) faced a contested parole hearing July 23 with testimony from supporters (Prison Chaplain Curits Browder; Prison Psychiatrist Dr. Madeline Ferrell; advocate Raymond Hawthrone) and opposition from victims' family members (Xandria Byars, victim's daughter; Helen Lee, victim's mother) and advocates (Kacie Washington of VOCAL) plus Ky'Toria Lawson, the Victim Services Officer representing the Attorney General's Office.
The board recessed into executive session at 9:16 a.m. to review McNeil’s file and reconvened at 9:24 a.m. The minutes record a split decision: Chair Hal Nash and Member Gabrelle Simmons voted to deny parole and set a reset date of July 2029; Member Jennifer Conway voted to grant parole and recorded special conditions for release — completion of an approved halfway house, GPS ankle monitoring, mental health follow‑up and a drug assessment upon release. The minutes do not record in‑meeting verbal exchanges beyond who testified; no direct responses from the victim family to the board’s split vote are recorded.
The split vote is notable because most docket items that day produced unanimous outcomes; the minutes show repeated use of executive session before votes on contested cases. The board’s next meeting is scheduled for July 28, 2026.
