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March 21, 2023 BronxTimesThe Fortune Society scraps planned men’s re-entry facility in Morrisania
The Fortune Society has scrapped its plan for a re-entry facility on Washington Avenue in Morrisania that would’ve housed 74 men experiencing homeless and in need of post-incarceration housing.
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March 20, 2023 The New York Times
How Do People Released From Prison Find Housing?
Thousands of people released from prison in New York go directly to homeless shelters.
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March 17, 2023 theGrioFortune Society’s Stanley Richards Talks About the Need for Prison Reform on theGrio
Stanley Richards shines a spotlight on the conditions of confinement and barriers to reentry for those involved in the criminal justice system.
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March 08, 2023 City LimitsOpinion: Addressing the Plight of New Yorkers Aging Behind Bars
“We witness firsthand the challenges that our older participants face when they come to us, usually because they no longer have family to turn to after such long periods of incarceration: physical health issues that might be less severe if treated properly sooner; unaddressed trauma, greatly exacerbated by incarceration; lack of financial resources; and homelessness.”
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February 23, 2023 Princeton University
Princeton’s ‘Felon: An American Washi Tale’ theater project explores contemporary injustices
Alone in solitary confinement as a teenager, Reginald Dwayne Betts called out to the other men being held in solitary: “Somebody, send me a book!” Moments later, Dudley Randall’s “The Black Poets” slid under his cell door.
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