by operations | Dec 4, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
A recent Bolts article by Phillip Vance Smith II highlights a troubling new policy in North Carolina’s prison system: a sharp price increase on canteen goods that disproportionately harms incarcerated people and their families. The Department of Adult Correction has...
by operations | Dec 4, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
A new North Carolina law imposing a strict seven-year limit on post-conviction appeals is drawing sharp criticism from justice advocates across the state, including Emancipate NC’s Executive Director, Dawn Blagrove, who warns the law could leave innocent people with...
by operations | Oct 9, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
N.C. NAACP, N.C. Association of Black Lawyers, and N.C. Advocates for Justice join brief By Emancipate NC Senior Counsel Ian Mance For 50 years, Emancipate NC has stood steadfast against the use of capital punishment and the pervasive practice of race-based jury...
by operations | Jul 30, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Emancipate NC has joined forces with the ACLU of North Carolina and a broad coalition of partners to demand greater transparency from the Durham County Sheriff’s Office. The focus: public access to jail policies, especially those governing the use of solitary...
by operations | Jul 16, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Art Credit Kay Zeiss; Commentary by Krupa Bharodiya Ashanti McClean is 33 years old and has spent over a decade living openly as a trans woman. Before her incarceration, she was already receiving gender-affirming care and has been on hormones for years. She accessed...
by operations | Jul 2, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
We’re thrilled to share that on July 2nd, Emancipate NC’s Kerwin Pittman and the Recidivism Reduction Education Program Services (RREPS) unveiled their second Mobile Crisis Response Unit! This Mobile Recidivism Reduction Resource Center travels across North Carolina,...
