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Expanding programs and services for incarcerated individuals and their families
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Commissioner Maginley-Liddie highlights various initiatives and programs aimed at supporting incarcerated individuals and their families. These efforts focus on improving rehabilitation, maintaining family connections, and providing essential services within the correctional facilities.
- Launch of interactive play spaces in partnership with the Children's Museum of Manhattan to promote bonding between incarcerated parents and their children during visits
- Introduction of a free visitor shuttle bus to facilitate visits from family members
- Release of a multimillion-dollar challenge-based procurement for expanded programmatic services, focusing on education, trauma-informed care, substance misuse, and transition planning
- Emphasis on the importance of programs in creating a safer environment for both staff and incarcerated individuals
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie
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We received several new grants last year to support many of these efforts, including funding to expand substance misuse services.
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The division of programs and community partnerships has also launched several meaningful initiatives to support people in our care and their loved ones.
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In 2024, in partnership with the Children's Museum of Manhattan, we launched c mom hubs at the Rosem Singer and George R.
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Vianos Centers.
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These interactive play spaces promote bonding with between parents and children during visits.
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Having a positive and lasting impact on their relationships.
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In addition, we welcome the council support in promoting the free visitor shuttle bus we offer to all New Yorkers who wish to visit a loved one in our facilities.
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We know visits have an immediate impact on people's rehabilitation and behavior while in custody, and whatever we can do to maintain that support is beneficial.
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We know firsthand that programs are a cornerstone to creating a safer environment for both staff and people in custody and have been working hard to meaningfully expand services, considering the needs that people in custody have expressed through our focus groups.
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In January, DOC released a multimillion dollar challenge based procurement to solicit proposals to provide expanded pro programmatic services for people in custody.
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The four challenges focus on finding solutions for supplemental education services, trauma informed care, substance misuse, and transition planning and transportation.
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We are excited to welcome a new wave of providers into the jails to provide these critical services.