by Mandie Sellars | Mar 28, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Raising the Juvenile Age
The Wake County Board of Commissioners is the latest group to join the growing list of supporters for raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction in North Carolina. According to Indy Weekly, the commissioners stressed that teenagers should be allowed to make mistakes...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 28, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Judge Marion Warren, Director of N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to present a plan that proposes to unify NC treatment courts and put them in every judicial district in the State. The plan, entitled Judicially...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 28, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Return with Honor is a new nonprofit in Brunswick County dedicated to creating employment opportunities and training for people who have served in the military and are ex-offenders. Specifically, Return with Honor will hire people who have served in the military to...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 15, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
House Bill 233, entitled Ban the Box, can make getting a job a little bit easier for those people with prior convictions. Primary sponsors are Democratic Whips, Rep. Garland Pierce and Rodney Moore, along with Rep. Cecil Brockman and Rep. Charles Graham. The...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 15, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
The fifth annual Law Enforcement Summit on Heroin and Fentanyl, hosted by NC Harm Reduction, was last week, as reported by News and Observer. Advocates and members of law enforcement from across North Carolina participated in the summit, which was held at N.C. Museum...
