Welcome to the Georgia State Board of Pardons & Paroles' Linkedin page managed by the Parole Board's Office of Communications. This page is intended to provide updated information on the Georgia State Board of Pardons & Paroles. Please visit our official homepage at www.pap.georgia.gov. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is a part of the executive branch of Georgia's government, constitutionally authorized to grant paroles, pardons, reprieves, remissions, commutations, and to restore civil and political rights. Parole is the discretionary decision of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to release a certain offender from confinement after he or she has served an appropriate portion of a prison sentence. Persons on parole remain under state supervision and control according to conditions which, if violated, allow for re-imprisonment.