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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Introducing Temperature Check, @PENamerica’s rapid response series featuring creative reportage by… incarcerated writers, accompanied by podcast interviews with criminal justice reform experts on the pandemic’s impact in U.S. prisons. Read our first issue: https://pen.org/temperature-check-1/
Subscribe to “Temperature Check: COVID-19 Behind Bars,” a new rapid response series from … @Penamerica. It features creative reportage from currently incarcerated writers on the direct impact of #COVID19 in prisons, and podcast interviews with experts.
https://bit.ly/39BcO7O
April 1st is #CensusDay! Although times are unstable, one thing hasn’t changed—the #2020Census … is still happening.
For the first time, you can complete the census instantly online. Take just 10 minutes to respond today: https://bit.ly/3dJw7PM
#GetCountedNYC #WeCount
Amid #COVID19, there are still 4,000 NYers imprisoned for non-criminal parole & probation … violations. Passing #LessIsMoreNY in the 2020 budget will make the system fairer, and at this moment, save lives
@VinSchiraldi @NYGovCuomo @NYSenate @NYSA_Majority https://bit.ly/2wU1PZR
“When you’re talking about the census, you’re talking about money.” —@1KathleenDaniel
Responding … to the #2020Census has never been more important, especially for undercounted communities.
Read more and do your part by completing the census: https://bit.ly/2xFjUuy
#CensusDay
Why is the #2020Census a social justice issue?
It determines how much federal funding is allocated… to communities, as well as the strength of your political representation.
On #CensusDay2020, learn more and #GetCounted by completing the census: https://bit.ly/2xFjUuy
As #COVID19 ravishes communities throughout New York, it has exposed and placed the state’s overly … punitive and unjust parole system front & center.
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-moment-fix-parole-20200401-zkw5ep4ksvafxhown65osq73ca-story.html
“Everybody’s voice matters, particularly people who are reentering society…If communities are … undercounted, they are under resourced.”—@1kathleendaniel
On #CensusDay, learn about the importance of engaging undercounted communities in the #2020Census: https://bit.ly/2xFjUuy