The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is currently reviewing hundreds of state parole hearings in response to discoveries of false positive results from drug tests conducted between April and July of last year. Nearly 6,000 tests are under scrutiny, prompting a reevaluation of cases where inmates had been denied parole based on these results. If a lack of sufficient evidence beyond the erroneous drug tests is found, affected inmates may be entitled to a new hearing to reconsider their parole eligibility.
"If any inmates were denied parole because of the faulty tests, they could be owed a new hearing before the parole board."
"The review is already underway and will determine if 'without the positive drug screening, there is sufficient evidence to support an incarcerated person's denial of parole.'"
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