by Elizabeth Simpson | May 5, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
One important way to keep teenagers out of the criminal legal system is to implement restorative practices in our public schools. Restorative practices teach students and teachers how to address harm and how to protect human dignity without reverting to systems of...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Apr 18, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Dedan Wacuiri is Emancipate NC’s Organizer in Greenville, North Carolina (Pitt County). He and his community are already engaged in work to educate neighbors about how to protect themselves from police harassment. In Greenville, 37% of residents are Black, primarily...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Apr 18, 2022 | Confederate monuments, Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Community members in Columbia, North Carolina (Tyrrell County) are ready for the offensive and racist Confederate monument at their courthouse to be removed. Emancipate NC joined with Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County to raise a billboard as a call to action....
by Elizabeth Simpson | Apr 18, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
One of the indignities of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety is the way that they so often refuse to accommodate basic humanitarian needs, such as notifying family members when an incarcerated person is gravely sick, permitting an incarcerated individual...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Apr 18, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
On April 5, 2022, Team Emancipate visited the Durham County Courthouse to obtain a court order for the general public release of body camera footage from an incident of excessive force involving the Durham Police Department. Highlights of the body camera...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Mar 29, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Raising the Juvenile Age
Last week, Emancipate NC joined with the Wilson County NAACP to host a forum on juvenile justice at the Wilson Community College. The guest speakers were Emancipate NC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove, Attorney LaToya Powell, the Deputy General Counsel of...
