by operations | Feb 8, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
The Vance County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to begin charging detained people at the Vance County Jail a $10 co-pay for medical care. The county manager Renee Perry claims that this resolution is intended to minimize “misuse of the correctional...
by operations | Feb 8, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Last month, Emancipate NC filed a lawsuit against the Durham County Sheriff’s Office for violating the North Carolina Public Records Act by heavily redacting its jail policies in response to a public records request for the Durham County Jail’s manual. Some pages are...
by operations | Feb 8, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
On January 29, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued Executive Order No. 303, a historic order addressing an improved reentry program for formerly incarcerated people. Emancipate NC’s Kerwin Pittman joined the Governor’s signing of...
by operations | Jan 24, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
On January 23rd, the Raleigh H.E.A.R.T. Colaition hosted a listening session with the LGBTQ Center at RUMAH (Raleigh United Mutual Aid Hub). The community heard from Nadia Moreta and Dale Neal from the Office of Community Engagement about the program. Community...
by operations | Jan 24, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
Emancipate NC’s client Phillip Vance Smith II’s poetry book titled “LIFE: Learning Instructions For Everyone…in prison & out” was just released and now available for purchase! Phillip says he “wrote this book to tell people what it’s like...
