What are the challenges that justice-involved people and their communities face, and what reforms are needed to empower them? Through interviews with people directly impacted by the criminal justice system, Host David Rothenberg, founder of The Fortune Society, delves into these questions and amplifies their stories.

Episode Two sheds light on the experiences of so-called “systems babies,” or children who grew up under state custody such as foster care and spent most of their ensuing years in and out of state systems. Through interviews with two Fortune staff members, the episode explores how childhood circumstances can inevitably lead to justice involvement. Support the show

Systems Babies

In the first episode of "Inside Fortune," Andre Ward, AVP of the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy, discusses how his time in prison shaped him and the challenges he faced reentering the community, from finding employment to rebuilding relationships. Our President &amp; CEO JoAnne Page also joins to discuss a recent housing settlement that Fortune reached with a landlord who blanketly refused to rent homes to people with criminal convictions. Support the show