by operations | May 11, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
In the most recent episode of the Black Light Mass Incarceration Show, host Cierra Cobb interviews Timothy Smith about how experiencing the death of his daughter while incarcerated profoundly changed him. By its nature, this podcast does not deal in light topics. A...
by operations | May 11, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Mass Incarceration
Earlier this month, Kerwin Pittman joined up with the North Carolina Second Chance Alliance for its annual Second Chance Lobby Day at the General Assembly. This coalition comprises a statewide group of people with criminal records, their family members, service...
by operations | Apr 13, 2023 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Community members and lawyers alike, join Team Emancipate’s Dedan and Jaelyn next Thursday (4/20) at 6:00pm to learn why you or your client shouldn’t always plead guilty to marijuana-related charges. The core of our Don’t Plead to Weed campaign is this: in...
by operations | Apr 13, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Mass Incarceration
This recent conversation between host Cierra Cobb and guest Phillip Smith ranges from finding and transforming oneself to restorative justice and policy change. Phil’s own life story ties these various subjects together. Over the course of his 22...
by operations | Apr 13, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
On April 21, 6:00 – 7:30pm, at the Duke University Divinity School, join Emancipate’s Elizabeth Simpson for State-Sponsored Torture: An Interdisciplinary Discussion on Solitary Confinement. The event will feature Elizabeth along with an excellent slate...
by operations | Mar 16, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Ashlee Inscoe has long identified as female, despite people trying to gender her as male since childhood. The State of North Carolina has been no different. Ashlee is incarcerated and intersex. Even having now received gender-affirming surgery, the Department of...