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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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  May 25, 2018 New York Daily News

  Unions Set to Sue City Over Move to Staff Corrections Officers at Teen Detention Centers

  The city is moving ahead with a plan to staff new detention centers for teens formerly housed at Rikers Island with corrections officers — drawing the ire of their unions and prison reform groups.

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  May 25, 2018 Gothamist

  This Weekend: Fight Mass Incarceration And Dance All Night

  Every Saturday in May, Creative Time, The Fortune Society and artist Phil Collins have turned the iconic decommissioned firehouse in Tribeca into a school and dance hall for a project aimed at turning an "unconventional lens on the prison industrial complex." This Saturday is your last chance to participate in the event, called Bring Down The Walls, with a 24-hour mixture of seminars, discussions, and a dance party.

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  May 22, 2018 WCNY

  Capitol Pressroom: Alisa Wellek and Khalil Cumberbatch

  Alisa Wellek, Executive Director of the Immigrant Defense Project, and Khalil Cumberbatch, Associate Vice President of Policy at the Fortune Society, explain how shortening the maximum sentence for Class A misdemeanors by one day can have a big impact on immigrants across New York.

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