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.
In response to COVID-19, our Long Island City offices are closed. We’re instead providing most services remotely. Here’s how to access them.
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RECENT NEWS
Our Services During COVID-19
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Brutality Behind Bars: Accountability for Corrections Officers, Too
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LATEST BLOG POST
Statement on Ending Solitary Confinement in NYC
After years of advocacy from formerly incarcerated people, leaders, and experts, Mayor de ...
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TWEETS
The use of dehumanizing language in the media when describing people going through our criminal ... justice system is racially biased and wrong. https://www.commonjustice.org/dehumanizing_language_media
“The proliferation of cellphone video and body cameras has put a laser-like focus on police use of... force. But behind bars, there are no bystanders to film the physical abuse that largely falls on people of color.”
More from our Executive VP @Stan_Fortune:https://bit.ly/3gXT426
"Criminal background checks don’t necessarily provide an accurate portrayal of a person’s life; ... they show whom police targeted or decided to stop.
The U.S. criminal justice system should not be used to measure people’s worth." @sarahlageson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/10/personal-data-industry-is-complicit-bad-policing-it-must-be-held-accountable/
NEXT MONDAY 7/20: Join our panel on ending brutality in jails and prisons. As calls to reform the ... NYPD continue, we must also galvanize energy towards holding corrections officers accountable, and ensure that the voices of people inside are heard.
RSVP: http://bit.ly/BrutalityBehindBars
1/9 We are thrilled to share "#RecoveryForAllNYC: A Vision for NYC's Equitable Economic Recovery" ... outlining recommendations from 80+ business & human service leaders for an inclusive post-COVID NYC economy
Report+exec summary: http://nycetc.org/recoveryforall
👇🏾Recommendation thread👇🏾
"Pepper spray is not supposed to be fatal. They had to have done something in addition to just ... giving a regular dose of pepper spray." - RAPP Director @hamzasaldana614. #JusticeForJamel #FreeThemAll https://indypendent.org/2020/07/the-family-of-jamel-floyd-demands-justice/
On May 19, NYC corrections officials told the City Council that newly incarcerated people were being... “universally” tested for COVID-19. Data shows this was untrue. From April 27 through June 2, only about one-third of 1,200 new jail admissions were tested. https://theappeal.org/there-must-be-mass-releases-from-nyc-jails-immediately-its-the-only-way-to-protect-public-health/