by Elizabeth Simpson | Feb 25, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Hallelujah! This week, Emancipate clients Shannon Nyamodi (second from right, pictured with his mother) and Sandy Dowell (left, pictured with her wife) were given release papers from state prison, after months of relentless advocacy. Sandy served 30 years in...
by Mandie Sellars | Jan 24, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Uncategorized
Mr. Erik Hooks, SecretaryMs. Jodi Harrison, Deputy General Counsel N.C. Department of Public Safety Re: Durham “COVID Motel” Dear Secretary Hooks and Attorney Harrison, As an organization that is based in Durham and focused on criminal justice issues, we have followed...
by Mandie Sellars | Nov 16, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Racism is a scourge on North Carolina’s criminal legal system. It renders the system fundamentally unfair at every single step. From decisions about policing, arrest, use of force, bail setting, charging, plea negotiations, jury selection, and sentencing–all of...
by Mandie Sellars | Nov 4, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
by Mandie Sellars, Emancipate NC Board Chair Looking beyond the presidential race, November 3, 2020 marked an important day of progress towards decarcerating the United States. Several states passed measures that legalized either medical or recreational marijuana use,...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 24, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
On October 13, 2020, the Wilson Branch of the NC NAACP hosted a conversation on the impact of incarceration on communities, families, and children, especially in rural NC counties. Speakers included: Attorney Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director of Emancipate NC,...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 18, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
In late September, Emancipate NC partnered with Breathe (Board for a Racially Equitable Transformed Harnett County) Harnett to raise additional billboards in support of Black lives. The messages on the billboard were crafted by the members of Breath Harnett to empower...
