Prison escapee enabler could be paroled as early as May

ALBANY, NY (WIVB) – Joyce Mitchell, the woman convicted of helping two prisoners escape a New York prison, could be released as soon as May 16.
Mitchell has been granted a state hearing next week and a parole board hearing could follow.
She was the prison seamstress who helped inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility.
Matt was shot and killed, Sweat was shot and captured.
In September, Mitchell was sentenced to two and a third to seven years in pri