by operations | Oct 25, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Earlier this month, President Biden announced federal pardons for people convicted of possession of marijuana and asked the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reclassify the drug. He stated “no one should be in jail for using or possessing...
by operations | Oct 21, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Last week, Dawn Blagrove spoke at Johnson C. Smith University about the intersections between the criminal justice system and the US Constitution. The theme of the talk, “Looking Back to Go Forward,” meant dissecting how the 13th amendment allowed slavery to...
by operations | Oct 21, 2022 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
At the annual National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) North Carolina conference, Cierra Cobb led a workshop on mental health in prisons. Unfortunately, prisons are unprepared to meet the mental health challenges of incarcerated people. The mental load of...
by operations | Oct 21, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
As abortion bans and restrictions are rushed into place across the country, what does it mean for patients, providers, and advocates who now may be charged with providing, assisting, or obtaining an abortion? What happens when vague laws and emergency situations...
by operations | Oct 18, 2022 | Confederate monuments, Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
For the past year, Emancipate NC has worked to support the efforts of the Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County, an organization of Black community members in North Carolina’s smallest county by population, located in the northeastern part of the state. Since 2020, the...
by operations | Sep 29, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
For the past year, Emancipate NC team members J Hallen and Elizabeth Simpson have been interviewing stakeholders in the Durham County child welfare system, including foster parents, impacted parents, attorneys, social workers, Guardian ad litem volunteers, and...
