By Amanda Cantrell: Reprinted from Institutional Investor, Dec.13, 2018 On a sunny afternoon in May, about a dozen inmates at Otisville prison camp played handball. Adjacent to the court was a low-slung, drably painted housing unit. No perimeter fence or barbed wire surrounded the grounds, located roughly two miles up a winding road through dense,…
Testimony in Support of S.B. No. 172 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Senator Gerratana, Senator Somers, Representative Steinberg and distinguished members of the Public Health Committee. My name is Jeff Grant and I am Executive Director of Family ReEntry, a criminal justice nonprofit with offices and…
Paul Bass photo by Thomas Breen | Mar 7, 2018 1:06 pm Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim is running for governor not despite his past felony convictions — but, he said, in part because he wants to share with Connecticut residents the lessons he learned while behind bars.He also thinks his story of personal and political…
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The Art of Surviving Prison, by Jeff Grant This article appeared in Greenwich Country Capitalist Issue #52 and all of Weston Magazine Group’s fourteen titles in Connecticut, NYC, the Hamptons, Long Island, New Jersey, Westchester. I THOUGHT I WAS LUCKY – one of the chosen. It was 1992; I was a young, successful corporate/real estate…
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.92″ background_layout=”light”] Greenwich Resident Don Young Elected to Family ReEntry Board Bridgeport, CT – (January 8, 2018) – Family ReEntry, a nonprofit leader that assists individuals and families affected by the criminal justice system, today announced the appointment of Don Young to its Board of Directors. “As the new Board Chair, I…
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If you want something done your way, you’ve got to do it yourself. “Do our own thing” is the mantra of Babz Rawls Ivy, the editor of Inner-City News. For more than 25 years, the weekly paper has published local, regional and even international stories of importance to black New Haveners. Every Wednesday, Ivy says,…
Dear Fellow Travelers, As this year winds quickly to a close, Lynn and I want to take this moment to wish you all a most happy & healthy new year! We are especially grateful for the gift of friendship and fellowship we share with each one of you. We are miracles who have survived and are surviving the unthinkable, one day…
Dear Fellow Travelers, As this year winds quickly to a close, Lynn and I want to take this moment to wish you all a most happy & healthy new year! We are especially grateful for the gift of friendship and fellowship we share with each one of you. We are miracles who have survived and are surviving the unthinkable, one day…