by operations | May 1, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
By April Barber Scales (Justice League Fellow) and Anthony Willis We have been free — out of prison — for two years. If you had asked us five years ago if we would be where we are now, we would have said no. Both of us were convicted as juveniles (15 and 16 years old)...
by operations | May 1, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
REPS (Recidivism Reduction Education Program Services) launched a hotline on Monday, April 29, 2024, which connects callers with a live agent who can, on the spot, assist with Reentry Resources across the state. Initial operation hours will be 9 a.m. until 5 p.m....
by Elizabeth Simpson | Apr 30, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation, Mass Incarceration, Uncategorized
Profile by Storey Wertheimer Jatoia Potts had just spent eight months behind bars for an abuse and neglect charge she vehemently denied. Even after she was exonerated and all charges were dismissed, she remained unable to see or contact her children in foster care....
by operations | Apr 17, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
On April 16, the City of Raleigh presented the results of a community engagement campaign about Alternative Crisis Response. The results are clear! With thousands of responses, in person and online, residents of Raleigh/Wake County overwhelming want an unarmed crisis...
by operations | Apr 17, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
Philip Vance Smith II, an incarcerated Emancipate NC client, wrote about prison overcrowding in North Carolina in the Huffington Post, concluding that safety requires massive releases from prison: In 2002, I was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without...
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...
