One-fifth of Queens residents in NY prisons are 55 or older, data shows
Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle: According to data from the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, around 18 percent of all Queens residents serving their sentences in New York State prisons are 55 years or older. Many, according to advocates, were given multi-decade sentences at a young age and despite changing their lives while incarcerated, have found it difficult to petition for their release....