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October 05, 2022 Prison: the Hidden SentenceDavid Rothenberg’s Legacy – How One Trip To A Prison Created Changes In The Criminal Justice System In New York
Founder David Rothenberg speaks to Julia Lazareck from Prison: the Hidden Sentence about Fortune's beginnings and impacts over the years.
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August 02, 2022 WHCR RadioStanley Richards on WHCR Radio
The Fortune Society's Deputy CEO Stanley Richards appeared on WHCR 90.3 FM Radio's Unlocked with host Ricky Jones on July 27, 2022 to discuss Fortune's work to support successful reentry from incarceration and promote alternatives to incarceration.
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June 22, 2022 It's In QueensIt’s in Queens with The Fortune Society’s Jamie Maleszka
On the June 22, 2022 episode of the It's in Queens Podcast, host Jeff Simmons talks with Jamie Maleszka, Director of Creative Arts at the Long Island City-based nonprofit, The Fortune Society.
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July 16, 2021 NPRCasimiro Torres Remembers Those He Buried On NYC’s Hart Island
More than 1 million people are buried on New York City's Hart Island, making it one of the country's largest cemeteries. The city has used a potter's field there for more than 150 years to bury the remains of unidentified or unclaimed people and those whose families can't pay burial costs.
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July 20, 2021 StoryCorps
Honoring the Penniless and Forgotten: A Man’s Reflection On Hart Island
It is estimated that more than one million people are buried in New York City’s Hart Island, the city’s public cemetery, and the final resting place for unclaimed, penniless or unidentified individuals.
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June 04, 2021 WCNYOutreach encouraged, as COVID-19 vaccination rates lag in NY prisons
Andre Ward, a co-founder of the COVID Justice Coalition, calls out the Cuomo administration for not doing enough to ensure incarcerated New Yorkers are getting vaccinated for COVID-19 and calls on the state to increase vaccine data transparency.
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