Aunty Agony wrote on Sep 6^th, 2016 at 7:27pm:

NO -- because parole is not a right. Allowing you to serve anything less than the period of your court-imposed sentence is a gift from the judiciary, and may be offered subject to any captious conditions whatsoever. A convict can be legally and constitutionally denied parole even for administrative convenience e.g. because there is no room on the prison transport bus.

Thanks for the clarification Aunty.  I still think it sucks.  Whether it is a privilege or a right, there are rules and standards that enable people to be released from prison.  I think it is still unacceptable that a person may meet those standards yet remain incarcerated due to a polygraph.  I wonder how many people have been released after passing a polygraph and then gone on to commit heinous crimes.   >:(