In a letter to Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton dated July 5, 2020, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser publicly endorsed, for the first time, the District taking over the parole function from the US Parole Commission (USPC). Mayor Bowser asked Rep. Norton to take action in Congress to extend the USPC’s authorization for two years after it expires this October, giving the District time to devise and establish a local replacement for this function.

Advocates for local control of parole have been asking the Mayor to do something like this for several years.

[DOWNLOAD Mayor Bowser letter to Rep. Holmes Norton, July 2020]