I could maybe side with that argument for inmates: they have removed themselves from society, so we will remove them, too. But I don't agree with it for parolees; why should voting be one of the rights they lose? How does that benefit society, unless you're starting from a base assumption that we don't want those undesirables mucking up our democracy? (Which calls to mind the appalling comment made by some Republican recently, about how early voting -- which is disproportionately done by the poor -- reduces the "quality" of the electorate in exchange for quantity.)