by operations | Apr 23, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Raising the Juvenile Age
Commentary by Phillip Vance Smith, II North Carolina lawmakers sponsored the Prison Resources Repurposing Act (PRRA) for the third time as NC Senate Bill 681 on March 25. As an incarcerated man who has been serving life without parole (LWOP) for murder since 2002,...
by operations | Apr 9, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Team Emancipate invites you to participate in the “Breaking the Chains” webinar hosted by Meredith College. This dynamic panel discussion will delve into the devastating impact of overcriminalization and harsh sentencing laws on vulnerable communities, while...
by operations | Jan 29, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Phillip Vance Smith, II is an incarcerated man serving Life Without Parole in North Carolina’s state prisons. He is represented by Elizabeth Simpson at Emancipate NC. He wrote this reflection on Governor Cooper’s clemency actions. When former Governor Roy Cooper...
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 | 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...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Nov 29, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Uncategorized
Congratulations to Emancipate NC’s client, Ashlee Inscoe! Last week the Wake County Superior Court ordered the North Carolina prison system to transfer Ashlee to a women’s prison. This marks the first court order of its kind in the state’s history and a...
