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Justice League Report From the General Assembly

Justice League Report From the General Assembly

by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 14, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Legislative Updates

The following summary of Senate Bill 660 comes from our Justice League Fellow and summer intern, Kyla Holton. The proliferation of publish-for-pay entities publishing booking photographs is a problem that prevents people from achieving a fresh start with housing and...
A Step Toward Progress: SB 300

A Step Toward Progress: SB 300

by Elizabeth Simpson | Sep 8, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Uncategorized

Image depicts Kerwin Pittman (left), standing behind Governor Roy Cooper as he signs SB 300 into law on September 2, 2021. On September 2, 2021, Governor Roy Cooper signed Senate Bill 300: Criminal Justice Reform into law, aligning with some of the recommendations of...
When White Hypocrisy Meets Policy: The Dangerous Case of HB805

When White Hypocrisy Meets Policy: The Dangerous Case of HB805

by Elizabeth Simpson | Sep 8, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Uncategorized

Essay by J Hallen; Photo Credit The Daily Tar Heel Whenever the brutality of state-sanctioned repression reaches a certain extreme, the people of this nation rise up against the never-ending wave of police brutality, police murders, and targeted mass incarceration....
“I Wanted To Find A Way To Give People Hope”

“I Wanted To Find A Way To Give People Hope”

by Elizabeth Simpson | Aug 30, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Mass Incarceration

Photo depicts Phillip Vance Smith II. Currently, in North Carolina, there are 1627 incarcerated people who are sentenced to life in prison (News and Observer). Phillip Vance Smith II and Tim Johnson are two of them. In an environment where two out of three meals a day...
Opposing the Anti-Protest Bill

Opposing the Anti-Protest Bill

by Elizabeth Simpson | Aug 16, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates

Kerwin Pittman gave powerful testimony at the General Assembly on H.B. 805, the anti-political protest bill that would create felony penalties for activities deemed to be “riots” and any “assault” on emergency personnel, even without the causation of a physical...
Emancipate NC Fights for Body Cams

Emancipate NC Fights for Body Cams

by Elizabeth Simpson | Jul 15, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Policing

On July 14, 2021, Dawn Blagrove and Kerwin Pittman went to the North Carolina General Assembly to visit lawmakers and talk about SB 300, the criminal justice reform bill. This week, police asked for a change to the body camera portion of the bill to make it harder for...
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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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