With parole all but eliminated in Virginia 30 years ago, reinstating it has been a political nonstarter. Glenn Youngkin having granted Harris’ request in 2023, he still had to remain behind bars until July, when the use of EESC allowed his release. Of the 35% of those rearrested since last year, nearly 19% of those people were reconvicted and 5% were reincarcerated. By 2022, Miyares was attorney general and Youngkin used budget language to block the full implementation of EESC. He also credits a program called Helping Addicts Recover Progressively (HARP) with tackling underlying issues that drove him to crime.