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.
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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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We are still commemorating the 49th anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising. Join incarcerated ... people, their families & activists thismonth to demand decarceration!
Check out events happening throughout the rest of September: http://sent.pr/3lweAOK #AtticaUprising49
"While nothing can bring my brother back, New York can take action to ensure other families do not ... suffer the pain my family experienced." Cynthia is calling on @CarlHeastie & @AndreaSCousins to ensure her brother Leonard didn't die in vain. #FreeOurElders https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-new-york-city-prisons-health-care-reform-new-york-b848835a69a8e761f80ef7100b97812f
In New York City alone, over 1,400 corrections staffers and 570 incarcerated individuals at jails ... have tested positive for COVID-19.
That’s on top of over 1,300 staffers and 773 incarcerated people at state prisons.
https://bit.ly/330jGvo
Both of today’s Changemaker Sessions will build on yesterday’s conversations by exploring ... #defunding (10am with @iGiveYouMoore @DawnBlagrove & @JasminitaMH) and highlighting #reentry services (2pm with @ResLegalDiva @thefortunesoc & @nolefturnsinc). More: https://bit.ly/2FjmSJh
“To our officials, I want any of them to imagine what it’s like to watch a parent or child die ... behind bars and to be deprived of updates of their loved one’s status and conditions in their last days, as I was." @RAPPcampaign
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This is a reflection of our broken system. One that will not bring the justice we need. We deserve ... so much more. Breonna’s family deserves so much more. https://twitter.com/thefortunesoc/status/1308891311785771024
No officers were charged in the murder of Breonna Taylor.
This is not justice.
Breonna’s life mattered, and we must keep fighting to change a system that fails to recognize this.
#BlackLivesMatter
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No officers were charged in the murder of Breonna Taylor.
This is not justice.
Breonna’s life ... mattered, and we must keep fighting to change a system that fails to recognize this.
#BlackLivesMatter
https://nyti.ms/331dIut
Important information for New Yorkers protesting police violence tonight. Please consult our ... #KnowYourRights guide before heading out. #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor
https://legalaidnyc.org/get-help/arrests-policing/what-you-need-to-know-about-protesting-nypd-brutality/