by operations | Apr 17, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Come out to the Verses from Within: Artistic Resilience on Death Row from Creativity to Commutation event on April 21, 2024, from 3:30-5:30 PM for a benefit for the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. There will be...
by operations | Mar 20, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
The Joint Reentry Council commissioned its first work session on March 12th, as part of the Governor’s initiative to address issues of reentry. Kerwin Pittman of Emancipate NC has been elected to join the Council. Pittman said, “It is time to make...
by operations | Feb 21, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Last April, Emancipate NC wrote a letter to the United States Department of Justice, asking the Civil Rights Division to investigate and correct the unconstitutional policing practices of the Raleigh Police Department. We drew attention to police murders of...
by operations | Feb 8, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
The Vance County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to begin charging detained people at the Vance County Jail a $10 co-pay for medical care. The county manager Renee Perry claims that this resolution is intended to minimize “misuse of the correctional...
by operations | Feb 8, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Last month, Emancipate NC filed a lawsuit against the Durham County Sheriff’s Office for violating the North Carolina Public Records Act by heavily redacting its jail policies in response to a public records request for the Durham County Jail’s manual. Some pages are...
by operations | Feb 8, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
On January 29, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued Executive Order No. 303, a historic order addressing an improved reentry program for formerly incarcerated people. Emancipate NC’s Kerwin Pittman joined the Governor’s signing of...
