Honestly, I didn't know what to think. I was under the understanding, as I had read the legislation, not deeply enough, obviously, that the Parole Board was responsible for life-serving inmates through their entire process with respect to medical appointments and court dates and things like that, but both of the offenders in my case had been released on numerous times through the warden's authority.
I couldn't understand for the life of me why, within this three-year period, all of the rules changed. I said to my victim services officer, who I have a great relationship with and is a wealth of knowledge and information for me, that I just didn't understand. What did the warden review? What did the warden read that I didn't see at the parole hearing?
I don't understand how things could have changed so drastically.This is not a well-behaved offender. She has been involved in many, many discipline issues. At that point, going 13 years or so into the process, she was a very colourful offender.
I couldn't understand it for the life of me. Plus I was not allowed to know what the warden had reviewed. Clearly the warden had reviewed something, but it was not disclosed to me.