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.
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
Yesterday Will Beale, our ATI Director, testified before @NYSAssembly in Albany. He, along with … other members of the ATI & Reentry Coalition, had one message—we need the resources to implement ATI programs on a larger scale and keep justice involved people in their communities.
#FreedomCommons is open! Thank you to the entire Syracuse community for a beautiful ribbon cutting … ceremony this morning. #affordablehousing #civilrights
Thanks to our friends at @CCA_NY, Freedom Commons, an innovative public housing complex with homes … for justice involved people in Syracuse, is now open! We were proud to provide technical assistance to help make this possible, and hope this model will continue to spread.
Welcome to Fortune’s bi-monthly Music Café! If you stop on by, you’ll find a bustling atmosphere … filled with lively tunes and powerful prose. Thanks to our Creative Arts program, the Music Cafe showcases the artistic talent of Fortune staff and participants. Check out snapshots:
In Albany supporting Fortune Society’s ATI Senior Director, Willard Beale set the record straight on… the need for more ATI Programs and the benefits of PreTrial Services
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Fortune’s Fate
@thefortunesoc, a Harlem-based nonprofit that assists formerly incarcerated … individuals, has announced a record-setting settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit against a landlord for refusing to rent to people with criminal records.
https://www.manhattantimesnews.com/fortunes-fateel-destino-de-fortune/
Watch this @TODAYshow interview featuring our Board Member & @BPIBard alum @DyjuanTatro, … @KenBurns, and @LynnNovick as they discuss #CollegeBehindBarsPBS, an incredibly humanizing @PBS documentary that shows the transformative power of education in prison.
“It’s the possibility of transformation … and the idea that we have used prison as merely punishment and warehousing rather than seeing … the potentiality of each individual.” @KenBurns, @LynnNovick and @DyjuanTatro talk documentary series “College Behind Bars”
