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Real rehabilitation

Bronx: Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice Director Deanna Logan (“NYC’s nonprofit housing for the justice-involved,” op-ed, Aug. 20) is right that stable housing is the foundation for successful reentry. At Fulton Community Reentry Center in the South Bronx, we’ve transformed a former prison into 140 transitional beds for older men returning from incarceration. This partnership between my organization, Osborne Association, and the NYC Department of Homeless Services demonstrates exactly what Logan advocates for: forward-thinking public investment in innovative community partners. Fulton offers support like housing assistance, workforce preparedness, connections to health care and more. Our peer mentors, many of whom have personal experience of incarceration, provide guidance as residents rebuild their lives. Logan calls for more neighborhoods to step up. The South Bronx community has shown this is possible by welcoming our residents as neighbors. When we invest in people rather than punishment, everyone benefits. Jonathan Monsalve

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