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Research shows—and inmate families insist—that visitation is key to prisoners successfully rejoining society and to limiting the damage of incarceration to children.

ByRoshan Abraham 0Comments

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Jan 2017

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Justice

Many Inmates Move from Prison to Shelters, Despite Efforts to Get Them Homes

A lack of supportive housing and the tendency of many landlords to refused city housing vouchers mean that many formerly incarcerated people end up in shelters or on the street.

ByAdam Shrier

ByErica Jackson

ByMary Wilson

ByNomin Ujiyediin 11Comments

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Sep 2016

ARTS and CULTURE In Depth

Re-enter, Stage Right: Out of Prison and Into the Arts

‘People tend to have a stereotyped notion of who’s incarcerated and I think when they see people presenting their lives or being creative, they have to reconsider.’

ByBrooke L. Williams 0Comments

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Jun 2016

Education Justice Podcasts

Audio: Young Men in Harlem Grab a Second Chance After Arrests

One young man did time upstate for a crime he says he didn’t do. Another waited two years to have a case against him dismissed. Both got involved with a…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2016

Uncategorized

Brooklyn DA’s Logic in Letting Former Cop Avoid Prison

Prosecutor Ken Thompson says the cop who killed a man in a NYCHA stairwell shouldn’t do a day behind bars because he didn’t intend to hurt anyone. More than 200…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Feb 2016

Uncategorized

City Views:
Pioneer. Reformer. Namesake for a Troubled Jail.

Anna M. Kross broke gender barriers and charted new territory in making city jails humane. But the Rikers facility named in her honor is at the center of the city’s…

ByDavid A. Fullard 0Comments

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Nov 2015

Investigations Justice

How NYC got Rikers Island and Why it Doesn’t Work

Rikers’ physical reality, many agree, is a crucial part of its problem.

ByEd Morales 2Comments

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Nov 2015

Opinion

Do Inmates Deserve a ‘Do Over’ After Prison?

An education program for the formerly incarcerated has launched a #MyDoOver campaign to ask New Yorkers when they’ve gotten a second chance, and to press for more resources to give…

ByAmy Stone 0Comments

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May 2015

In Depth Video

Video Report: Barriers to Getting Work After Prison Remain

It’s an era of criminal justice reform and a growing consensus that we’ve put too many people behind bars. But two experts say that hasn’t made it any easier for…

ByMarc Bussanich 0Comments

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Mar 2015

Opinion