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  June 16, 2018 NY1

  Students Create Their Own African-American Museum

  NY1 highlights The Fortune Society's African-American Museum - a collection of exhibits created entirely by students in the pre-GED Young Adult Literacy Education Program.

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  June 13, 2018

  The Fortune Society Receives $487,000 Innovation Grant from OneCity Health

  The Fortune Society announced today that it has received a $487,000 grant from the OneCity Health Innovation Fund to implement its project, Connections to Care.

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  June 05, 2018 City Limits

  Max & Murphy: Criminal Justice Reform Has a Long Way to Go

  In this podcast, JoAnne Page, President & CEO, and Stanley Richards, Executive Vice President, discuss where Rikers closure stands, the enormous problem of the prison-to-shelter pipeline, the interplay between criminal justice and immigration courts, the pros and cons of indeterminate sentencing and the stalled state reforms of speedy trial, bail and discovery.

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  June 01, 2018 New York Times

  Reform the Prison System

  In a letter to the editor, The Fortune Society's President and CEO, JoAnne Page, responds to the New York Times' May 21 editorial, “The Right Way to Fix the Prisons.”

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  June 01, 2018 The Crime Report

  After Prison, Coming Home Can be the Toughest Ordeal of All

  Prison is often just a stop along the road for individuals who have been struggling with victimization all their lives, says Harvard sociologist Bruce Western. In an event for his new book about reentry, Fortune AVP of Policy, Khalil A. Cumberbatch, and other formerly incarcerated individuals provided insight on their experiences.

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