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  May 19, 2023 News 12 Brooklyn

  Protesters calling on mayor to invest in resources working to close Rikers Island instead of DOC budget

  Advocates and elected officials rallied outside of City Hall on Friday to call on the mayor to invest in community organizations and resources that work towards closing Rikers Island, instead of putting more money into the budget of the Department of Correction.

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  May 17, 2023 The Fortune Society

  PROPOSED CUTS TO RIKERS PROGRAM PROVIDERS POSE THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY

  Well-being of incarcerated people is also at risk

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  May 17, 2023 Gothamist

  Mayor Adams cuts classes and re-entry services at Rikers to save $17 million in NYC budget

  The Adams administration is eliminating programs that help detainees get jobs, find housing, stay off drugs, and reconnect with loved ones once they’re released from Rikers Island in order to save $17 million in next year’s budget.

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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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