By Mike Cason | mcason@al.com
AL.com
The rate of paroles granted to state prison inmates by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles dropped to 15% during the last fiscal year, the third straight year of decline.
The three-member board granted parole for 648 inmates and turned down 3,584 during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.
The approval rate for the year was less than half the average of 37% for the previous 10 years.