by operations | Jan 15, 2026 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Access to jail policies should be routine. When Emancipate NC requested records related to jail operations, other counties across the state responded promptly and in full. Durham County, however, took a very different approach. Instead of making the records available...
by operations | Jan 15, 2026 | Emancipate NC News
The NAACP Sanford (Lee County) Branch officially launched its Justice Bus Tour with a powerful and timely presentation by Executive Director Dawn Blagrove, whose remarks left a lasting impression on community members of all ages. As a featured speaker for the...
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 | Jan 15, 2026 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
In December, Emancipate NC announced a major civil rights lawsuit against the City of Raleigh on behalf of the estate of Darryl Tyree Williams. Mr. Williams died after being tased six times by Raleigh police officers, including, the estate alleged, while he was...
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...
