Hudson Valley receives $400K to fight to keep local inmates out of jail
MADE Transitional Services, based in Spring Valley: $127,381 to assist Rockland County inmates. Click Learn More to read full article from Lohud.com
Toney Earl Jr. Honored At Spring Valley NAACP’S Black History Celebration
Statement from Earl Jr. founder of M.A.D.E., a transitional program for African American youth that help enable them to become the leaders of their own future. www.made-transitions.org
Toney Earl Jr.’s Incarceration Almost Stopped Him From Getting A Job. His Success Shows Why Businesses Need to Implement Fair Hiring Practices.
Toney Earl Jr. was 25 years old when he was convicted for felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. Though he had never been to prison before, he was sentenced to 42 months in a New York…
Panel discusses ‘restorative justice’ in Nyack
NYACK - Dozens of people attended a panel Sunday evening to hear a discussion about "restorative justice" and the intersection of crime, offenders, victims and communities. The panelists included people with a variety of experiences related to restorative justice, the practice of…
Former Incarcerees Find Hope—and Employers—at NYC ‘Second Chance’ Job Fair
At first glance, the job fair held April 11 at the Grand Hall of New York University’s Global Center looked like one of the dozens of employer-meets-jobseeker events you might encounter this Spring at universities in the nation’s largest city.…