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Initially, both sides assumed that the familiar practice of cartels and paroles would be maintained.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

“These paroles have since been terminated with immediate effect,” the agency announced on X. Again, it was unclear specifically who this applied to and if these individuals were notified.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2025

Huynh said the recidivism rates for the people who go through Defy Ventures’ Entrepreneurs in Training program is far lower than the average, but some do reoffend or violate their paroles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2023

Discretionary paroles are available only to offenders not sentenced to life in prison who committed a felony before Dec. 31, 1999.

From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2022

Sunday.—This morning before breakfast, little spitfire clerk came up to take our paroles.

From History of the Second Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry: A prisoner's diary A paper read at the officers' reunion in Boston, May 11, 1877 by Quincy, Samuel M.