Parole Boards Decide the Fate of Thousands With Little Oversight Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email ST. JOSEPH, MO - JULY 9: Inmate Keith Drone has been incarcerated for the last 26 years and has been denied for parol at 6 separate parol board hearings. ( Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post / Getty ) Produced by Ellen Frankman and Amber Hall Produced by PRI and WNYC