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We believe in the power of people to change. We help individuals with justice involvement rebuild their lives through innovative services and advocacy.
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We employ a “one-stop-shop” model of service provision, offering in-house services to over 8,000 individuals with justice involvement and advocate for alternatives to incarceration.
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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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TWEETS
Over 5 million Americans can't vote this year due to a felony conviction.
Unjust ... disenfranchisement laws have stripped 1 in 16 Black Americans and 1 in 49 Latinx Americans of their #VotingRights.
Learn more from @SentencingProj’s report: https://bit.ly/31JRyM0 #FreeTheVote
#RELEASE - Family Members of Incarcerated People & Community Group Protest Governor Cuomo in ... NYC, Demanding Passage of #LessIsMoreNY
With #COVID19 spreading in NYS prisons & jails, lawmakers must act NOW to save the lives of incarcerated people.
https://www.lessismoreny.org/release_protest102620
We are joining @CCA_NY @RAPPcampaign @NYCAIC and many other advocates today in response to the ... devastating increase of COVID cases inside NYS prisons. 25% of those incarcerated at Elmira Prison have tested positive. We need #ClemencyNow
2 more days: don’t miss our Policy Center Collective’s panel on the #BirthtoPrisonPipeline at ... 6PM
Learn how legislators & organizations are working to address inequities that lead Black and Brown youth to the criminal justice system during COVID-19
RSVP:http://bit.ly/BirthToPrisonPipeline
“Families of the incarcerated want elder parole, a process that would allow people aged 55 and ... older who have already served at least 15 years to be considered for parole.” Elder Parole is about families. Pass it on. @CnDelarosa @bradhoylman @AMDanQuart https://www.ny1.com/share/nys/central-ny/news/2020/10/27/nearly-25--of-elmira-correctional-is-covid-positive?cid=app_share
🚨EMERGENCY🚨
The COVID infection rate at Elmira Prison is THIRTY PERCENT. Rather than ... releasing vulnerable people, @NYGovCuomo is locking them in solitary.
Join us TODAY at 11am in Elmira, NYC, LI & Albany to #FreeOurElders & #HALTsolitary. On Zoom: http://bit.ly/elmira-prison
People of color make up more than 60% of the people in prison.
The final #REALTalk will address ... mass incarceration & the policies to reform these racial inequities on Oct. 29 at 9:30 AM.
➡️Time is running out to register. Secure your spot today: http://bit.ly/34f0HxU
More than 6 million justice-involved Americans couldn’t vote in 2016. This upcoming election, we ... have the power to re-enfranchise millions as a critical step to undoing the harms of America’s overreliance on incarceration.
More from @DyjuanTatro: https://www.vera.org/blog/felony-disenfranchisement-suppresses-the-votes-of-black-and-latinx-americans