by Mandie Sellars | Mar 11, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Promise Resource Network is offering an intense, 40-hour training, for Peer Support Specialist Certification from March 6 through March, 10. The professional development course includes coursework, homework, class exercises and sharing recovery stories. Peer Support...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 11, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
In a 6-2 ruling, the United State Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Duane Buck. Justice Thomas and Justice Alito dissented. According to the New York Times, the Court indicated the case as was riddled with “particularly noxious strains of racial...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 11, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Weeks into his new role, Attorney General Sessions has started rolling back important positive steps in the criminal justice system put into place during the Obama Administration. In this case, Attorney General Sessions issued a memo rescinding the 6 month old Obama...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 11, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
The House bill entitled “Citizens Protection Act of 2017” seems to be designed to do anything but protect some of the most vulnerable among us. The bill threatens to withhold funds from sanctuary cities who do not enforce federal immigration laws and...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 11, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
A bill introduced by Senators Jim Davis (R-Cherokee) and Terry Van Duyn (D-Buncombe) would give DWI Treatment Court judges one more tool to help make North Carolina roads safer. The idea behind the bill came from a DWI Treatment Court judge who wants to incentivize...
by Mandie Sellars | Feb 15, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
As we reported in our last update, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for funding for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program. The purpose of this grant is to...
