By: James Ford, PIX/11 News
YONKERS, N.Y. (PIX11) — If a person older than 55 has been incarcerated for more than 15 years and has proven themselves to be a model prisoner, should they be guaranteed consideration for parole, no matter their crime? It’s a question that was at the center of a rally in Yonkers on Wednesday, led by people who had once been incarcerated themselves.
They were in the heart of the legislative district of New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, one of the most powerful political leaders in the state. They were calling on her to make two parole reform bills priorities in the next legislative session…