‘She’s Costing the State a Ton of Money In Prison’: Alabama Board Denies Parole for Dying 71-Year-Old Woman Described as a ‘Model Prisoner’
A parole board in Alabama denied a dying woman parole last week. Leola Harris, a 71-year-old in a wheelchair suffering from end-stage renal failure, was denied parole on Jan. 10. The Alabama Parole Board denied Harris’ parole in Macon County and only considered her application for a mere six minutes. She has been a model…