According to statistics on the National Parole Board website, in the last year for which records are public (2008 - 2009) 39,628 pardons were granted by the Board, 111,769 pardons in the last five years, and, as the Board says:
Christopher Thomas was released in January from Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Wallkill, New York, according to the New York State ParoleBoard's website.