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March 29, 2017 NYC GovMayor de Blasio announces re-entry services for everyone in city jails by end of this year
Mayor de Blasio announced that by the end of this year, every person in the Department of Correction’s custody will receive re-entry services to help connect them with jobs and opportunities outside of jail, as well as five hours of programming per day during their stay to address vocational, educational, and therapeutic needs.
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March 29, 2017 Newsday
[Justice-involved individuals] leaving NYC jails will be guaranteed jobs, De Blasio says
Every one of New York City’s estimated 8,500 [incarcerated individuals] sentenced to time in city jails will leave with guaranteed, minimum-wage, short-term jobs likes cooks, restaurant bussers, or construction flaggers under a policy by Mayor Bill de Blasio. The aim is to reduce recidivism, he said.
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March 28, 2017 NY Daily News
New York State prisons to fight contraband smuggling by banning packages for [incarcerated individuals]
The state Department of Corrections plans to bar visitors from bringing packages to [incarcerated individuals] to cut down on contraband being brought inside, the Daily News has learned.
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March 27, 2017 NPR
College classes in maximum security: ‘it gives you meaning’
More than 650,000 [incarcerated individuals] are released every year in the U.S., but no federal agency tracks the unemployment rate for this population. Experts say low reading and technological literacy, as well as reluctance among employers to hire formerly [incarcerated individuals], means many drop out of the labor force altogether.
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March 22, 2017 Forbes
A foodpreneur uses a commercial kitchen and local CrossFit gyms to grow a Paleo startup
Another amazing thing about working at a professional commercial kitchen is that they are involved in helping others by bringing in interns from The Fortune Society.
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