A juvenile lifer’s parole can be revoked and justified for technical or new crime violations of supervision conditions. We analyze narratives contained in revocation decisions issued to juvenile lifer candidates by one state parole board. Our qualitative content analysis reveals that most parole revocations stem from technical violations rather than any new criminal activity. In addition, decision statements qualify aspects of a juvenile lifer candidate’s case in opposite ways, where identified themes are presented as accomplishments to grant parole, but as claims made by the candidate to deny rerelease. In categorizing candidates as deserving or undeserving of parole, suitability for rerelease is represented in the parole board’s interpretation of risk in terms of a candidate’s moral responsibility. By doing so, parole revocation review decisions avoid acknowledging the obstacles in juvenile lifer reentry.

未成年人的保释可以被撤销，并因违反监管条件的技术或新犯罪而被证明是正当的。我们分析了一个州假释委员会向未成年人候选人发出的撤销决定中包含的叙述。我们的定性内容分析表明，大多数假释撤销源于技术违规，而不是任何新的犯罪活动。此外，决定声明以相反的方式限定未成年人候选人案件的各个方面，其中确定的主题被呈现为授予假释的成就，但作为候选人拒绝重新释放的声明。在将候选人归类为值得或不值得假释时，假释委员会根据候选人的道德责任对风险的解释中体现了是否适合重新释放。通过这样做，