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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Voices of Fortune 2020
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"On paper, I had not existed until my release from prison. Between this and background checks that ... confirmed my history, prospective landlords deemed me unworthy of safe, stable housing."
Read Devone's story in @GothamGazette
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Announcing the latest edition of #VoicesOfFortune, our annual publication of art and writing for ... freedom.
Experience the profound vision and work of nearly 70 artists, writers and poets from The Fortune Society and our community partner @wordsuncaged.
http://bit.ly/VoicesOfFortune
It's #WhatAboutHer Wednesday! Join us today at 12 pm for a Twitter Power Hour where we will delve ... into the ways in which we can release women from the Rose M. Singer Center on #Rikers island.
Four New York prisons remain hotbeds of #COVID19. But @CarlHeastie & @AndreaSCousins refuse to ... even have a hearing.
That's why we're holding THE PEOPLE'S HEARING on COVID-19 behind bars.
Join us on Aug. 19th at 10am.
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-coronavirus-new-york-prisons-still-see-high-numbers-of-covid-19-20200810-dwovpwlumvhjlnwpbjcob42ohu-story.html?mc_cid=c357089185&mc_eid=bf13e36cf6
"But this is not just a homelessness issue – this is a racism issue. Our mass policing, arrest, ... and incarceration policies disproportionately target communities of color.” via @GothamGazette. It’s time to end racist background checks in housing @NYCCouncil https://www.gothamgazette.com/opinion/9667-efforts-end-racism-dismantling-housing-discrimination
Great group today at the rally outside Edgecombe Correctional. We need more accountability and ... transparency about what happens behind bars. No one should be sentenced to torture, abuse, or death.
Rallying at Edgecombe Correctional Facility to protest against inmate abuse and brutality, which ... have intensified during COVID-19 pandemic @RAPPcampaign @thefortunesoc
Today marks 3 yrs since I walked out of NYS prison. If could make 1 wish today, it would be for the ... passage of #LessIsMoreNY. I’ve completed a degree & built a career. I pay taxes & am civically active. But I’m still on Parole, which hasn’t done 1 thing to aid my success. 1/2