by Mandie Sellars | Jul 13, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
From 1998 to 2017, 12 people committed suicide in the Durham County jail by hanging themselves from window bars or ventilation grates. Although public records show that Durham County officials were aware of the suicide hazards, the last updates are just now being...
by Mandie Sellars | Jul 13, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Mass Incarceration
In mid-June, the North Carolina Senate passed House Bill 774, “Amend Certificates of Relief.” Courts can issue “certificates of relief” to individuals. With this certificate, if that person is hired and commits a crime involving their job or...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 28, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Two State Highway Patrol Troopers indicted for the brutal beating of Kyron Hinton have been fired. N.C. troopers Michael G. Blake and Tabithia L. Davis were terminated, resulting from an internal department investigation. Read more about the firings at the News and...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Uncategorized
When I am not at work advocating for criminal justice reform, I spend the vast majority of my time with my son. He is about a year and a half. For the past week or so, as I spend time with him, I think about the children who are around his age who are in the...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Kim Ogg, the District Attorney of Harris County, Texas, has made the decision to stop prosecuting cases with very small amounts of drugs, known as “trace cases.” Ogg ran on a promise to make these changes in her 2014 campaign and successful 2016 campaign...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Satana Deberry won the primary on May 8 to become the next District Attorney for Durham County, unseating incumbent District Attorney Roger Echols. She will begin her term in January. Deberry, who has done criminal justice advocacy and policy work for 18 years, ran as...
