Hudson Link is proud to announce that CNN political commentator, author, lawyer, and President and Co-Founder of The Dream Corps Van Jones will receive this year's Bill Webber Community Service Award at our annual Spring Benefit Dinner.

This award is given each year to an individual or organization that reaches out with compassionate care to disenfranchised members of society. 

Mr. Jones will be honored along with 2017 Brian S. Fischer Award recipient Stanley Richards, Senior Vice President of the Fortune Society and 25-year activist in the field of criminal justice reform.

There are just 10 days left to support the future of Hudson Link by joining the Spring Benefit Committee. Please click here to join today.

Alumni Coordinator and Class of 2009 Valedictorian Todd Young was excited to present alongside Lisa Brennan, Regional Coordinator of Volunteer Services for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, at the American Correctional Association's 2017 Winter Conference in San Antonio, TX. 

The audience at the session, titled "The Hudson Link Way to a 99% Success Rate", included delegates from across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as three Corrections Officers from Sing Sing!

"I hadn't been on a plane in 32 years," Todd said, "but it was an honor to make the trip and share this important work."

Hudson Link alumnus Johnny Hincapie was released after 25 years in prison when a judge overturned his original conviction in 2015 and ordered a new trial.

Johnny sat in limbo for the past two years until last week, when the Manhattan district attorney's office dropped the case against Hincapie and decided not retry him.

We are overjoyed for Johnny and his family and wish him the very best.

Click here to read more about Johnny's case.