by operations | Jan 15, 2026 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Kerwin Pittman is making history. With the recent purchase of the former Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro, Pittman says he has become the first formerly incarcerated person in the United States to purchase a prison—and he plans to transform it into a space for...
by operations | Jan 15, 2026 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Pencil and felt-tip pen artwork by Jesse Graham while incarcerated A recent article in The Assembly by Sylvia A. Harvey, “A Narrow Window of Hope for People Sentenced to Die in Prison,” highlights how Emancipate NC is helping revive a long-forgotten North Carolina law...
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...
