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  July 01, 2018 The Wall Street Journal

  Tracy Morgan: ‘It’s All Love’ in His Old Brooklyn Neighborhood

  Tracy Morgan's television series, “The Last O.G.,” centers around the adjustments his character, Tray Barker, must make when he is released from prison after 15 years. He spent a recent morning walking around his old neighborhood in Brooklyn and visiting The Fortune Society in Queens.

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  June 25, 2018 Times Ledger

  The Fortune Society Receives Grant to Improve Health Services for People Released from Rikers

  The Fortune Society has launched a new program to prevent people released from Rikers Island from relapsing into substance use. Fortune’s Connections to Care Program has received a nearly $500,000 grant from the OneCity Health Innovation Fund to implement its project, which connects these individuals with primary health care and holistic support services in the community.

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  June 19, 2018 Forward

  A Holocaust Survivor Inspires [People With Justice Involvement]

  Hedy Pagremansky has been a long-time volunteer with the Fortune Society, where her daughter JoAnne Page is the executive director. There, she holds regular Skype sessions with Fortune participants, and uses her experience as a Holocaust survivor to provide inspiration and guidance. 

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  June 01, 2018 The Crime Report

  After Prison, Coming Home Can be the Toughest Ordeal of All

  Prison is often just a stop along the road for individuals who have been struggling with victimization all their lives, says Harvard sociologist Bruce Western. In an event for his new book about reentry, Fortune AVP of Policy, Khalil A. Cumberbatch, and other formerly incarcerated individuals provided insight on their experiences.

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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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