It explores the set from which the matrix is generated which consists of data on mandatory releases. Examined within the set are data regarding race, release year, sentence lengths, and offenses. Correlations are then drawn between race and release data and between sentence length and release type. Further analysis is conducted on the data to operationalize matrix decisionmaking, and offenses are categorized according to their seriousness using the 1980 Alaska Criminal Code. Risk scores (the product of the relationship between parole performance and background factors) and seriousness factors are used to prepare a decision matrix, with attention to mean times served and median months served. Several additional variations are manipulated to further illustrate the use of a matrix decisionmaking table. Concluding remarks touch on the rationale for using race as a factor in the risk analyses and as a release decision factor. Extensive tables illustrate the matrix approach.