Safe Housing Found Essential for Reentry

The solution to New York’s widespread problem of [individuals with justice experience experiencing homelessness] is to provide a safe place to live with support, according to citylimits.org reports. The article points to a program by the Fortune Society in West Harlem for 62 formerly incarcerated individuals.

“Residents are required to be involved in 35 hours of constructive activities every week. They undergo daily drug screening. Each person living in our house is involved in group and individual counseling. They get mental health services and substance treatment services,” the article reported.

“They also get a lot of love … There is an absolute rule of no violence and no threat of violence.”