With mounting cases of the coronavirus in Georgia prisons, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles said Tuesday it has begun reviewing specific cases for clemency release as a way to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The board will be exercising its constitutional authority to affect releases with a goal of providing the Department of Corrections more flexibility in handling the impact of the COVID-19 virus within Georgia’s correctional system,” Parole Board Chairman Terry Barnard said in a news release Tuesday afternoon.

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