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...
by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Last Monday morning, Team Emancipate’s Dedan Waciuri and Jaelyn Miller sat together in the Greenville, NC, Pitt County courthouse. They were there for our Don’t Plead to Weed (DPW) campaign. To quote Dedan, the Pitt County judges pass out criminal convictions for...
by operations | Feb 16, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Don’t miss the latest episode from Emancipate’s Black Light Mass Incarceration Show, “The Life of a Lifer.” From education to mental health, hosts Cierra and Jeffrey Cobb – plus a special guest – break down what life is like for individuals facing...
