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  March 22, 2023 Spectrum News NY1

  Former DOC deputy commissioner talks future of Rikers Island

  The deadline to close Rikers Island and open borough-based jails is coming up in less than five years, but with officials pointing to a rise in jail population, Mayor Eric Adams and his administration are casting doubt that this plan will happen in time.

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  March 21, 2023 The Fortune Society

  The Fortune Society Awarded in State’s Third Round of Buildings of Excellence Competition

  Competition Highlights Model Projects to Bring Low-to Zero Carbon Multifamily Buildings to Scale in New York State

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  March 21, 2023 BronxTimes

  The 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 theGrio

  Fortune 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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