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  May 17, 2023 Queens Daily Eagle

  DOC to slash programming for detainees

  The Department of Correction has told half a dozen organizations that provide services and programs to jailed New Yorkers that they will no longer be contracted to work with the agency come July.

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  May 17, 2023 WNYC

  The Fortune Society’s Ronald Day on WNYC

  Ronald Day, Vice President of Programs and Research at The Fortune Society, appeared on WNYC radio discussing the NYC Department of Correction elimination of $17 million in contracts with non-profit organizations that provided people who are incarcerated at Rikers Island with support services.

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  May 17, 2023 Patch

  Proposed Cuts To Rikers Program Providers Pose Threat To Public Safety

  Six nonprofit organizations were shocked to learn that they are facing $17 million in cuts to their Rikers Island programs.

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  May 16, 2023 New York Daily News

  $17M in social programs to be slashed from NYC jails, DOC to provide services in-house, city says

  The city Correction Department has proposed slashing $17 million from five major social service providers in the jails, including the Fortune Society and the Osborne Association, claiming the agency can provide the same services in-house.

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  May 16, 2023 The Fortune Society

  Statement on Department of Correction’s $17 million budget cut

  The Fortune Society releases a statement responding to budget cuts from the Department of Corrections.

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