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  July 24, 2018 WRAL

  Mayor Defends Sending Youths to Jails With Solitary Confinement

  The city has banned solitary confinement for individuals under 22. Yet late Monday the mayor defended the city’s practice of “occasionally” sending [individuals] who pose a security or safety risk to county jails where they can be held in solitary confinement. Defense lawyers, advocates and some elected officials continued to criticize the practice, calling it an end-run around the city’s ban.

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  July 24, 2018 San Quentin News

  Safe Housing Found Essential for Reentry

  The solution to New York’s widespread problem of [individuals with justice experience experiencing homelessness] is to provide a safe place to live with support, according to citylimits.org reports. The article points to a program by the Fortune Society in West Harlem for 62 formerly incarcerated individuals.

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  July 24, 2018 New York Times

  Mayor Defends Sending Youths to Jails With Solitary Confinement

  Late Monday the mayor defended the city’s practice of “occasionally” sending [incarcerated individuals] who pose a security or safety risk to county jails where they can be held in solitary confinement. JoAnne Page, president of the Fortune Society, commended the mayor’s overall efforts, but criticized this practice.

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  July 21, 2018 NY1

  Queens Kids Find Good Fortune for the Coming School Year

  On Friday, at their Long Island City headquarters, the Fortune Society handed out new bookbags to children whose parents were once incarcerated.

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  July 20, 2018 FOX 5 NY

  Back to School

  FOX5 NY highlights The Fortune Society's Back to School event. During the event, backpacks and school supplies were handed out to participants' children.

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