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  February 12, 2018 Circa

  He Spent 10 Years in Prison. Now, He Has a Job

  Asa Sparkes was arrested when he was 22 years old. After spending a decade incarcerated, he sought out The Fortune Society.

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  January 31, 2018 New York Daily News

  [Incarcerated Individuals] Can Use Free Tablets to File Grievances Against Abusive Officers

  Thanks to a new private phone contractor, all individuals incarcerated in the state of New York will be given free tablets, which will allow them to make cheaper phone calls, send emails, and report abusive officers.

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  January 16, 2018 Pix 11

  After 30 Years Were Stolen From Him, Here’s How Exoneree Mark Denny Lives Life Now

  Mark Denny was wrongfully arrested and convicted of a pair of serious felonies that he did not commit. Now, after spending nearly 30 years incarcerated, he's been making the most of his freedom.

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  January 11, 2018 Teen Vogue

  The Politics of Privatizing Care Packages

  Families will now be unable to send fresh fruits and vegetables to their loved ones in New York.

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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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