How long has the Board been in existence?
The Board was created in February 1943 by statute law, and in August 1943 Georgia voters ratified an amendment setting forth the Board’s authority in the State Constitution. The practice of parole in Georgia, however, is much older. Beginning in 1908 the State Prison Commission issued paroles, although with little authority to supervise the offender in the community. An even earlier version, dating to Georgia’s first prisons, was the governor’s conditional pardon. See also History of Parole.
