Statement

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  July 10, 2023 The Fortune Society

  Fortune Statement on Most Recent DOC Deaths

  The Fortune Society mourns the death of yet two more people who had been detained in our city jails, 40-year-old Felix Taveras on July 4th, and 60-year-old Ricky Howell on July 6th.

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  June 29, 2023 The Fortune Society

  THE FORTUNE SOCIETY STATEMENT ON THE HANDSHAKE AGREEMENT FOR NEW YORK CITY’S FY2024 BUDGET

  (June 29, 2023, New York, N.Y.)–The Fortune Society issued the following statement today after Mayor Adams and the New York City Council announced a handshake deal for the 2024 fiscal year.

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  May 30, 2023 The Fortune Society

  STATEMENT ON INITIALLY UNREPORTED INSTANCES OF VIOLENCE

  The Fortune Society is deeply troubled by the information about initially unreported instances of violence causing serious injury to people in the custody of the NYC Department of Correction (DOC), as well as one suicide, contained in the Special Report of the Nunez Independent Monitor filed with the federal court on May 26, 2023.

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  May 19, 2023 The Fortune Society

  STATEMENT ON RECENT RIKERS-RELATED DEATH

  The Fortune Society was saddened and appalled to learn of the death this past Tuesday of yet another person held on Rikers Island.

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  May 16, 2023 The Legal Aid Society

  LAS: Proposed Budget Cut Will Make Rikers Island More Dangerous

  The Legal Aid Society is warning that a budget proposal by Mayor Eric Adams to slash critical services for incarcerated New Yorkers will only exacerbate the dire situation in City jails.

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  May 16, 2023 The Fortune Society

  Statement on Department of Correction’s $17 million budget cut

  The Fortune Society releases a statement responding to budget cuts from the Department of Corrections.

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