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By Zach Williams

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The Center for Court Innovation is launching a new season of its “New Thinking” podcast. The latest episode is about how formerly incarcerated people reintegrate into their communities in the first year after release. Author Bruce Western discusses the research on this subject that led him to write his new book, “Homeward.”

“Western’s focus leads him to plea for a justice system concerned less with dividing the guilty from the innocent and more with treating everyone with compassion and respect,” writes host Matthew Watkins.

Hear the episode here.

 

There’s a new pro bono director at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley. Christopher Oldi will oversee the implementation and development of pro bono programs and oversight of volunteers for the White Plains-based nonprofit, but he is not the only new person on hand, a spokesperson said in an email. Shary Enid Sanchez was named as the attorney in charge of the nonprofit’s office in Peekskill, which serves Northern Westchester County and Putnam County.

 

Want to know more about how Medicaid relates to child welfare? This tweet from the Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies has 70 minutes’ worth of explanation on the topic:

 

The New York City Department of Homeless Services is looking for proposals for the operation of facilities for the homeless. This post in the City Record states that this solicitation includes proposals for the operation of transitional residences for homeless adults and families, including drop-in centers, cluster residences and overnight facilities. There is no due date for submission, with awards occurring on an ongoing basis until the department has fulfilled its needs.

 

Sexual abuse and harassment in New York City jails was on the agenda on Sept. 6. Kandra Clark, a 33-year-old survivor of domestic violence, was among those who testified at the hearing held at City Hall. Clark, the strategic partnerships liaison at The Fortune Society, had several recommendations for the joint meeting of the committees on criminal justice, women’s issues and criminal justice, including:

  • New borough-based jails should be gender-responsive by, for example, providing space, staffing and programming for nurseries.
  • Corrections officers should be trained in engaging women who have histories of trauma and domestic abuse.
  • The Department of Correction and women-led nonprofits should join forces for an oversight committee to review sexual assault and harassment allegations.

Read her full testimony below:

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