by Mandie Sellars | Dec 27, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
By Syd Roberts, Communications Staff This December CJPC, Executive Director Dawn Blagrove was able to share her breadth of expertise on a police accountability panel at the 75th Annual NAACP of NC State Convention in Raleigh. Towards the end of a day full of...
by Mandie Sellars | Dec 9, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
By Lily Walter, CJPC Intern Prosecutors wield enormous power in the “war against drugs.” They have the ability to widen the net of who is convicted of drug charges in the way they interpret and pursue laws. This ranges from charging mothers addicted to drugs with...
by Mandie Sellars | Nov 15, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
By Lily Walter, CJPC Intern In a series of four podcasts, NPR and the Northwestern University School of Journalism found that female inmates are disciplined disproportionately in prisons. Women get disciplined at higher rates than men, especially with smaller...
by Mandie Sellars | Nov 15, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
By Allison Bunker, CJPC Intern A recent new report from the Prison Policy Initiative provides the first estimate of housing insecurity in the 5 million formerly incarcerated individuals in the US. The report breaks down the prevalence of homelessness by demographic...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 17, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Beginning in 2019, Haywood and Jackson counties will become the first judicial districts in North Carolina to pilot a pretrial release program. The goal of this program is to reduce mass incarceration and recidivism rates. Under the new program, judges will be...
by Mandie Sellars | Aug 15, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Recently, a company called JPay signed a contract with the New York Department of Corrections to give the people incarcerated there free tablets. The Prison Policy Initiative decided asked an important question about this contract that the lawmakers didn’t: “What...
