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  May 25, 2018 Gothamist

  This Weekend: Fight Mass Incarceration And Dance All Night

  Every Saturday in May, Creative Time, The Fortune Society and artist Phil Collins have turned the iconic decommissioned firehouse in Tribeca into a school and dance hall for a project aimed at turning an "unconventional lens on the prison industrial complex." This Saturday is your last chance to participate in the event, called Bring Down The Walls, with a 24-hour mixture of seminars, discussions, and a dance party.

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  May 25, 2018 New York Daily News

  Unions Set to Sue City Over Move to Staff Corrections Officers at Teen Detention Centers

  The city is moving ahead with a plan to staff new detention centers for teens formerly housed at Rikers Island with corrections officers — drawing the ire of their unions and prison reform groups.

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  May 20, 2018 New York Daily News

  Immigration Activists Will Rally in Albany to Halt Deportations

  Advocates for immigrants — led by the Fortune Society and the Immigrant Defense Project — are headed to Albany on Tuesday to convince state lawmakers that a difference of one day in New York law can spare thousands from deportation.

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  May 17, 2018 New York Nonprofit Media

  NYN First Read

  New York City has announced a taskforce to examine how city agencies use algorithms to determine eligibility for social services. The taskforce, which includes Khalil Cumberbatch, Associate Vice President of Policy, is a positive step forward for equity in the city.

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  May 11, 2018 New York Daily News

  Criminal Justice Advocates Push City Council to End Profits From Prisons

  A group of 30 criminal justice activist organizations are urging the City Council to yank all programs that make money off of people in jail. It is signed by groups like the Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Defender Services, The Fortune Society and Urban Justice Center.

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  May 09, 2018 Observer

  How New York City Plans to Return $3.5 Million to [Formerly Incarcerated Individuals]

  New York City lawmakers are looking to return $3.5 million in commissary funds to formerly incarcerated [individuals] —money that remains in their accounts in the city’s jail facilities. JoAnne Page, president and CEO of the Fortune Society, comments on the proposed process.

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