new york state

Budgets and Bail

March 30, 2018 | Clip

Is New York State on the brink of major criminal justice reform? As part of “Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America,” the multi-platform public media reporting initiative, Beth Fertig, a senior reporter for WNYC News who has been…

Rehabilitation Through The Arts

October 14, 2016 | Clip

The national average rate of recidivism among prison inmates hovers above 60 percent. With the help of organizations like Rehabilitation Through the Arts, or RTA, that number plummets to about five percent. RTA is a creative arts program operating in…