Marcus Samuelsson, owner of the Red Rooster and Ginny’s Supper Club, stopped by the Fortune Society’s Castle Gardens to demonstrate the importance of healthy eating.  More after the jump.

This regular feature, written by Alvaro Cumberbatch, is comprised of the musings of a formerly incarcerated man who is currently in the process of building his own better future. Read the latest after the jump.

Sponsored by the National Employment Law Project (NELP), Community Legal Services (CLS) of Philadelphia, and the National Reentry Resource Center.  More information and registration link after the jump.

Capitol Hill Briefing on Fatherhood: Empower Fathers To Build Lives Of Dignity And Economic Self-Sufficiency.  More information after the jump.

Programs that enlist the formerly incarcerated to battle neighborhood violence are winning plaudits from police, mayors and the Justice Department.  More after the jump.

The pressure is increasing on the New York City Police Department to reform its stop-and-frisk program under which New Yorkers, nearly all innocent of any crime, were stopped by the police close to 700,000 times last year.  Read the editorial after the jump.

The Fortune Society attended the 2012 Community Service Society Albany Advocacy Day.  Photo gallery after the jump.

The guards let it happen, the feds try to stop it, thousands of kids are assaulted, one is dead, and still a vicious teen fight club rules Rikers.  Read more after the jump.

Mr. Kelly’s police force is a department that can claim many victories but is consumed by a single imperative: crime and homicide rates must keep falling.  Read the article after the jump.

Fortune’s Glenn E. Martin has penned the Viewpoints column for The Crime Report.  Read the article after the jump.