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CASES Featured in 2025 Edition of NYPL Connections Guide

February 18, 2025

Connections book cover. A drawing of a group of people around a campfire at night on a beach.

CASES is proud to be featured in the 2025 edition of Connections. Connections is an annual reentry resource guide published by the New York Public Library, available to help people coming home after incarceration. Connections also serves as a guide on preparing to apply for jobs after release. It is the most comprehensive reentry guidebook in New York […]

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The reliance on incarceration has had devastating consequences that disproportionately impact communities of color and people living with mental illness. In recent years, New York City has become a national leader in reducing incarceration while at the same time increasing community safety.

CASES has played a critical role in advancing this new approach to justice by providing effective community-based alternatives to jail and prison. Our programs have helped to raise the age of adult criminal responsibility, eliminate the use of cash bail and pretrial detention for all but the most serious charges, and ensure that individuals with serious mental illness have the intensive treatment and support they need to achieve healing and wellness in the community.