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Fighting ‘furniture poverty’ for the formerly incarcerated

March 31, 2023

By: Anna Lucente Sterling, Spectrum News/NY1

“When you bring furniture into your home, it feels like a homely place — you belong here, you don’t belong in a cell,” Vanessa Santiago, founder of Gift It Away, said. (NY1/Anna Lucente Sterling)

When Keith Hunter was released from prison in 2020, it took him two-and-a-half years to secure the keys to his own apartment.

Having a stable roof over his head gave Hunter, whose criminal record includes a slew of robbery convictions, a sense of stability after spending more than half of his life in the prison system.

But for several months, he felt unsettled, unable to furnish his Brooklyn apartment with little more than the single bed and two nightstands that came with the unit. Then, he connected with the nonprofit organization Gift It Away, which provides furniture donations for formerly incarcerated people.

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Category: News Articlestag: Anna Lucente Sterling, Committees on Aging and Criminal Justice, Crystal Hudson, Elder Parole Bill, Fair and Timely Parole, Gift It Away, Jose Saldana, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Keith Hunter, Mandaela Community, NY1, Osborne Association, parole reform, Release Aging People in Prison

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