by Mandie Sellars | May 1, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
The Carolina Justice Policy Center and the North Carolina ACLU have partnered together to provide a district attorney candidate questionnaire for the upcoming May 8th primary elections. The questionnaire is designed to help voters assess which candidates support...
by Mandie Sellars | Apr 10, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Uncategorized
Greene and Lenoir Counties are working towards keeping children in schools and out of jails. By launching a School-Justice Partnership, they seek to reduce law enforcement involvement in school misconduct. As part of the partnership, schools have signed an agreement...
by Mandie Sellars | Apr 10, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Bail reform advocates around the country now have a new tool to challenge the cash bail system. In North Carolina, the inequality created by cash bail has prompted advocates to push for pretrial release based on evidence of dangerousness and flight risk rather than...
by Mandie Sellars | Apr 10, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
In Richmond, VA, a new diversion program is providing an opportunity for transformative self reflection. The program, called “Writing Your Way Out: A Criminal Justice Diversion Program” allows participants to take a Virginia Commonwealth University writing course as...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 7, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
In theory, debtor’s prisons in the United States have been abolished long ago. In practice, however, the criminalization of poverty is a common problem. North Carolina is no exception. Not only are people often jailed for the inability to pay court fines and fees,...
by Mandie Sellars | Feb 28, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Inspired by the 2018 Women’s Marches focused on taking women’s “power to the polls”, Democracy NC has created “Women Vote in 2018” postcards for distribution. The cards feature important information about this year’s justice...
