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A little more than half a year after the Department of Correction cut a contract with half a dozen nonprofit service providers, two of those organizations have been asked to again provide programming to detainees on Rikers Island – and to pay for the services out of their own pockets.
READ MOREAn interview with Stanley Richards, a formerly incarcerated man of color now leading the Fortune Society.
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Solitary confinement was recently banned by city lawmakers, despite opposition from Mayor Eric Adams.
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New York City Health + Hospitals has approved a 99-year sublease for the Just Home project that will provide supportive housing for formerly incarcerated people with complex medical needs.
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A federal complaint filed today alleges that the Ronald McDonald House is discriminating against people with sick children who happen to have been convicted of certain crimes in the past.
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