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 8,000 individuals with justice involvement and advocate for alternatives to incarceration.
GET INVOLVED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
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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TWEETS
"[H]e is likely to join thousands of other formerly incarcerated people who will leave prison and have nowhere to live." NYC must pass #FairChanceForHousing! Stop punishing people who have done their time.
How Do People Released From Prison Find Housing? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/realestate/prison-parole-housing-shelters.html?smid=tw-share
Investments in education, supportive housing and mental health are needed for people returning home, but instead, billions are spent building prisons. @Stan_Fortune spoke on @theGrio about the conditions of confinement and barriers to reentry: https://youtu.be/qVnBfLsPcHo
HAPPENING NOW: We are in Albany demanding the passage of #CleanSlateNY.
Nearly half of children in the U.S. have a parent with an arrest or conviction record. This traps whole families and communities in cycles of poverty. It's time to end perpetual punishment.
Honored to represent The Fortune Society as keynote speaker in Cleveland Ohio
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#grateful
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our NYC & Albany rallies & our Legislative Week of Action urging @NYSenate @NYSA_Majority @GovKathyHochul to #SAVESUPPORTIVEHOUSING in the State budget! Save NYSSHP, increase ESSHI, create a preservation fund & fund a 8.5% COLA incl. NYSSHP!