BRONX LAWMAKERS & ADVOCATES HOLD “BRONX FOR PAROLE JUSTICE” PRESS CONFERENCE

March 12, 2024

EVENT COINCIDES WITH A SERIES OF REGIONAL ADVOCACY DAYS FOR THE ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE BILLS • PARTICIPANTS CELEBRATE THE WORK BY FORMERLY INCARCERATED BRONXITES TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND CALL FOR PASSAGE OF PAROLE JUSTICE TO BRING HOME MORE LEADERS IN THIS WORK

17% of Bronx residents in NY State prisons are age 55 or older. Many were locked up as teenagers but lack pathways to be fairly considered for release, no matter how much they have matured and transformed themselves. (PHOTO: RAPP)

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