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Durham DSS Slow to Reunify Kids with Families

Durham DSS Slow to Reunify Kids with Families

by operations | Feb 16, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation

Last month, we shared our first set of infographics to visualize data from the Durham Department of Social Services. Our latest findings reinforce Toia’s personal experience: as we continue to review the public records – which DSS denied to us until we sued them...
Report Back on Durham DSS Public Records

Report Back on Durham DSS Public Records

by operations | Feb 1, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation

Art by Dawn Blagrove For some time, Team Emancipate has been investigating the Durham County Department of Social Services (DSS). Last fall, we released a report full of county-level reforms to make Durham’s child welfare system work better for kids and their...
Emancipate NC Settles Public Records Suit With Durham DSS

Emancipate NC Settles Public Records Suit With Durham DSS

by operations | Dec 15, 2022 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation

Photo depicts some of the attendees at a Roundtable event at Duke Law School to discuss “Keeping Families Together in Durham County” held on December 6, 2022. Last month, we reported that Emancipate NC sued the Durham County Department of Social...
Duke Law Students Host Roundtable on Child Welfare Reform

Duke Law Students Host Roundtable on Child Welfare Reform

by operations | Nov 22, 2022 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation

Art by Dawn Blagrove Law students at Duke Law School will host a roundtable discussion with Professors Crystal Grant from the Children’s Law Clinic and Allison Korn from the Health Justice Clinic on the importance of family preservation and local...
Emancipate NC Sues Durham County For Public Record Transparency

Emancipate NC Sues Durham County For Public Record Transparency

by operations | Nov 22, 2022 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation

Art by Dawn Blagrove In September, Emancipate NC and Thrive Tribe NC released a comprehensive report on the pressing need for child welfare reform in Durham County. We urged the county to collaborate with all community stakeholders –...
Emancipate NC Releases Report on DSS Reform

Emancipate NC Releases Report on DSS Reform

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...
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Recent Posts

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About

Emancipate NC was founded on the knowledge that mass incarceration and structural racism harm all of us. Prison is state-sponsored violence. We are all complicit in its harms. As an organization, we are dedicated to shifting the narrative on racialized mass incarceration through community education and mobilization. The mainstream narrative that criminalizes Black and Brown people must be transformed—so that we can all get free.  Emancipate NC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and was previously known as the Carolina Justice Policy Center.

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PO Box 309
Durham, NC 27702
(919) 682-1149

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