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  April 22, 2017 Associated Press

  Jail to job: NYC to give jobs to released [justice-involved individuals]

  After being [incarcerated] twice at the notorious New York City jail for stealing a credit card and violating parole, Diaz entered a private jobs program. Once he's back on his feet with a paycheck, Diaz says, "I know I'm not ever going back there — ever."

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  April 19, 2017 Broadway World

  Shaina Taub’s “As You Like It” musical adaptation to bring friends, feuds and romance to Public Works this fall

  The Public Theater will kick of in September with a free Public Works musical adaptation of “As You Like It”, adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery. This unforgettable Public Works musical adaptation about chance encounters and self-discovery, will run for five nights for free, September 1-5, at the Delacorte Theater.

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  April 12, 2017 The Fader

  Why Kalief Browder’s brother says it’s time to end the prison system

  Akeem Browder on the fight to close Rikers Island and why “prison reform” is not the answer to mass incarceration.

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  April 07, 2017 Times Ledger

  Legislation named for Kalief Browder aims to help former [incarcerated individuals] with mental health problems

  Clutching a picture of Kalief Browder on the steps of city hall Monday, U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) announced his new legislation named in his honor, which seeks to improve mental health services for the formerly incarcerated.

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  April 06, 2017 Mass Appeal

  My brother’s keeper: Akeem Browder on Kalief’s legacy and shutting down Rikers

  Ahead of the airing of the final episode of Time: The Kalief Browder Story on Spike TV, Kalief's elder brother, Akeem Browder spoke with MASS APPEAL about the line of demarcation for his family: all that came before Kalief’s being wrongly accused of stealing a backpack in May of 2010, and all that came after. 

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