Family Resources

🟡 Parole packet app to help prepare a parole packet (demo).

The Parole Packet App is a guided, step-by-step tool that helps families and incarcerated individuals prepare complete, accurate, and timely parole packets. The app organizes required documents, explains parole criteria in plain language, provides checklists and reminders, and ensures submissions meet board requirements. By improving preparation and consistency, the app promotes fairness, efficiency, and informed decision-making in the parole process.

🟢 Family Visitation Support Prototype App

The Family Support App provides families of incarcerated individuals with clear information, reliable communication tools, and compassionate guidance in one secure platform. It helps families track custody status, visitation, and parole timelines; document concerns; and access wellness and legal navigation resources. By reducing confusion, isolation, and unnecessary hardship, the app strengthens family stability and supports safer outcomes for individuals and communities.

Healthy family connections reduce recidivism and improve rehabilitation outcomes.

Improvements include:

Expanded visitation hours and child-friendly spaces
Virtual visitation options for families with financial or transportation barriers
Reduced fees and simplified scheduling
Family-centered counseling programs
Why it matters:
Stronger family ties help stabilize individuals during incarceration and support successful reentry.

Communication Equity Information

Alabama families currently face high financial barriers to staying connected. The proposal prioritizes fair, affordable communication. Commitments:

Lower-cost phone and video calls
Improved access to email and messaging systems
Transparent fee structures
Support for families experiencing financial hardship
Equal access for rural communities and low-income households
Why it matters:
Consistent communication reduces behavioral issues, strengthens rehabilitation, and keeps families whole.

Family Resources