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  January 05, 2018 AM New York

  Closing Rikers Island Means Changing the City’s Criminal Justice System, Expert Says

  The city is leading the way in diminishing the overuse of jails while reducing crime, according to JoAnne Page, president and CEO of the Fortune Society, but there is still a long way to go in achieving the mayor’s 10-year goal of shuttering the violence-plagued complex for good.

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  January 04, 2018 Queens Chronicle

  City To Shut A Rikers Isle Jail This Summer

  The de Blasio administration revealed on Tuesday that it plans to close one of the Rikers Island complex’s nine jails this summer.

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  January 03, 2018 NYU Journalism - Cross Streets of New York

  Reintegrating the Formerly Incarcerated

  Without resources, job prospects, or places to stay, the formerly incarcerated struggle to reintegrate. These are the stories of formerly incarcerated individuals merging with society and trying to find their place.

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  January 01, 2018 Salon

  At 18, Kingsley Rowe Went to Prison for 10 Years. Now He’s 47 and Still Wonders When He’ll Be Free

  Kingsley Rowe was denied employment due to his experience in the criminal justice system. Lowering the prison population isn’t enough, not if formerly incarcerated individuals are denied jobs after release.

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  December 28, 2017 LongIsland.com

  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Grants Clemency To 61 Individuals

  Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today issued pardons and commutations to individuals impacted by the criminal justice system.

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  December 28, 2017 New York Nonprofit Media

  NYN Media Buzz: Dec 28, 2017

  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that the number of inmates in New York City jails had fallen below 9,000 for the first time in 35 years. Words from JoAnne Page, president and CEO of The Fortune Society, are included in the official statement.

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