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Solidarity with People in the Durham Jail
On February 8th, community members and organizers gathered at the Duke Memorial United Methodist Church in solidarity with prisoners enduring unjust conditions at the Durham County Jail. The center of the event was a life-size replica of a solitary confinement...
Black Mothers March 2024
Join us and our Durham allies at Operation Stop CPS this Mother’s Day, May 12th, in Washington, D.C., for the Black Mothers March on the White House. The Black Mothers March on the White House is a coalition of Black-led organizations that have...
Ensuring Justice
Join us on March 4th, from 6:00-7:30 pm, for the Ensuring Justice: Navigating the Path to Police Accountability panel sponsored by the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law, Emancipate NC, National Lawyers Guild Duke Chapter, and...
RPD Draws Oversight from USDOJ
Last April, Emancipate NC wrote a letter to the United States Department of Justice, asking the Civil Rights Division to investigate and correct the unconstitutional policing practices of the Raleigh Police Department. We drew attention to police murders of...
It’s Time for Bold Senate Action
Emancipate NC joined Court Accountability and United For Democracy by signing a letter calling the Senate to launch a full-scale investigation and a comprehensive anti-corruption bill to curb unethical conduct by federal judges. The American people...
State Courts 101 Webinar
Judicial races, ranging from the District Courts to the State Supreme Court, play a crucial role in upholding democracy and protecting our rights. However, many of us find it challenging to comprehend the daily duties of judges and how their verdicts can affect our...
Vance County Jail to Charge Medical Co-pays
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...
Emancipate NC Uncovers Durham Jail Conditions
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...
Governor Cooper Issues Historic Reentry Executive Order
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...
Report Back on HEART Listening Session
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...
Phillip Smith Publishes Book of Poetry
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 to serve life without...
Reminder: Register for the Emancipated CLE
Mark your calendars and secure your spot today! Register for Emancipate NC’s second annual continuing legal education conference, The Emancipated CLE 2024! The conference will take place on Friday, February 16th, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the People’s...
Victory! Justice Earls Investigation Dismissed!
Under pressure from Emancipate NC and the NC Black Alliance, the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission dismissed their complaint against Justice Anita Earls, the only Black woman on the NC Supreme Court. The investigation was brought on based on anonymous...
Durham: Pay Darryl Howard!
This is a reprint of an OpEd by Elizabeth Simpson published in the INDY Week. Who would suspect that Concord would be more progressive than Durham on the subject of compensating victims of police corruption? Yet last week, Concord made good on a $25 million judgment...
Emancipate NC Sues the Durham Sheriff Over Jail Transparency
Last week, Emancipate NC filed a Public Records Act lawsuit against the Durham County Sheriff’s Office to fight for release of the Jail policy manual. After a records request for the policy manual governing the Jail, the Sheriff’s Office provided only heavily redacted...