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  December 03, 2016 The New York Times

  The scourge of racial bias in New York State’s prisons

  The racism can be felt from the moment black inmates enter New York’s upstate prisons. One inmate, John Richard, reported that he was jumped at Clinton Correctional Facility by a guard who threatened to “serve up some black mashed potatoes with tomato sauce.”

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  December 18, 2016 NY1

  Advocates host holiday party for [formerly incarcerated], families in LIC

  One Queens nonprofit is connecting formerly-incarcerated individuals with their loved ones this holiday season and beyond. NY1’s Reena Diamante has the story.

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  January 11, 2017 CityLimits.org

  Some question city’s decision to keep IDNYC documents

  Advocates who opposed a policy of keeping documents submitted by IDNYC applicants believe the doubts they raised in 2014 have been validated by the legal fight over destroying those papers before Donald Trump becomes president.

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  January 18, 2017 CityLimits.org

  NYCHA pilot see success allowing residents to return after prison

  William Gonzalez, 63, got a second chance. After being convicted of attempted murder in 1987, he spent nearly 30 years in various state prisons before he was released.

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  January 03, 2015 The Daily Beast

  His first day out of jail after 40 years: adjusting to life outside

  Smartphones, the Internet, job-seeking. For prisoners released after decades behind bars, the modern world is difficult, confusing, and still better than anything ‘on the inside.’

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