BUILDING PEOPLE, NOT PRISONS.
We believe in the power of people to change. We help individuals with justice involvement rebuild their lives through innovative services and advocacy.
TRANSFORMING LIVES AND ADVANCING SYSTEMIC CHANGE.
We employ a “one-stop-shop” model of service provision, offering in-house services to over 7,000 individuals with justice involvement and advocate for alternatives to incarceration.
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You can help promote successful reentry from incarceration and promote a fair, humane, and truly rehabilitative justice system.
The Fortune Society’s mission is to support successful reentry from incarceration and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities.
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“This is very personal for me. You don’t just leave men you spend years in prison with and go on as … if they were never part of your life.” – Jose Saldana. @NYGovCuomo, don’t abandon New Yorkers in your prison system. Act before it’s too late. #ClemencyNow https://www.postbulletin.com/news/nation/prisons-are-bacteria-factories-elderly-inmates-are-at-most-at/article_601d9bfc-71d2-11ea-8350-c3091c68164a.html
.@NYCSpeakerCoJo & @thefortunesoc’s @Stan_Fortune: “There is only one solution to protect people… in custody and employees: Release as many people as safely possible… This City has the community infrastructure to meet this challenge.” https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-let-thousands-out-of-rikers-now-20200327-srobalyd4vbpzafehb2wnxtxpa-story.html
Jails are a breeding ground for #COVID19, and there’s only one solution to protect people in custody… and employees: Release as many people as safely possible.
@Stan_Fortune and I are calling on the Mayor to make it happen: https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-let-thousands-out-of-rikers-now-20200327-srobalyd4vbpzafehb2wnxtxpa-story.html
Our Exec. VP @Stan_Fortune and NYC Council Speaker @CoreyinNYC call for @NYCMayor to immediately … release as many people as safely possible from Rikers, where #COVID19 is spreading.
Rapid decarceration now will save lives: https://bit.ly/2Ut3UFj
“Rapid decarceration now will save lives.”
With #COVID19 escalating in NYC jails, @NYCMayor … must immediately release as many people as safely possible.
Read more in an op-ed by our Exec VP @Stan_Fortune and @NYCSpeakerCoJo: https://bit.ly/2Ut3UFj
Make time to watch our comrade @DyjuanTatro this weekend and learn- connect – #Educate #Activate … #Organize #WEmakeCHANGE https://twitter.com/thefortunesoc/status/1243659203610320899
If you want to watch something this weekend while #SocialDistancing, @nytimes recommends #CollegeBehindBarsPBS! This docuseries features our Board Member @DyjuanTatro & shows the power of college education in prison.
Watch on @netflix or @PrimeVideo: https://nyti.ms/2vXxzgg
If you want to watch something this weekend while #SocialDistancing, @nytimes recommends … #CollegeBehindBarsPBS! This docuseries features our Board Member @DyjuanTatro & shows the power of college education in prison.
Watch on @netflix or @PrimeVideo: https://nyti.ms/2vXxzgg
Strong #CJreform is needed more urgently than ever in the #coronavirus pandemic. TY @NYGovCuomo for … releasing a record number of people being held for crimeless, technical violations. Next step: pass #LessIsMoreNY so that injustice is ended for good. https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Deaths-surge-again-in-New-York-from-coronavirus-15160973.php