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Re-evaluating the Cost and Consequences of Cops in Schools

Re-evaluating the Cost and Consequences of Cops in Schools

by Mandie Sellars | Oct 27, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Policing, Raising the Juvenile Age

During the month of October 2020, thousands of people are participating in National Youth Justice Awareness Month (YJAM) activities throughout the country. National Youth Justice Awareness Month was created 13 years ago by a Missouri parent, Tracy McClard, whose...
The Problem with Criminalizing Childhood Trauma

The Problem with Criminalizing Childhood Trauma

by Mandie Sellars | Jul 6, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Raising the Juvenile Age

by Tessa Hale, Emancipate NC Board Member Years ago, I worked as a mitigation specialist on death penalty cases.  In that role, I constructed humanizing social histories for defendants in cases that would be presented at the sentencing phases of their...

Raise The Age Legislation a Hollow Victory Without Funding

by Mandie Sellars | Jun 28, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Raising the Juvenile Age

Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a budget , sent to him by the Republican controlled legislature, despite knowing his veto would likely be overridden. Cooper felt that the budget did not do enough for educators or to protect the environment and was too generous to corporations...

NCAOC Develops School Justice Partnership Toolkit

by Mandie Sellars | May 9, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Raising the Juvenile Age

The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts is developing a Toolkit for chief district court judges and other stakeholders to implement School Justice Partnerships. The Toolkit provides resources to help community partners develop and implement the School...

Governor Cooper Signs Raise the Age Proclamation

by Mandie Sellars | Aug 1, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Raising the Juvenile Age

Last Friday, Governor Roy Cooper signed a proclamation celebrating that 16 and 17 year olds will no longer be tried in adult court for misdemeanor charges.  While teens accused of violent felonies and some drug crimes may still be charged as adults, the progress made...

NC One Step Closer to Raising the Age

by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Raising the Juvenile Age

With a 104 to 8 vote, the North Carolina House of Representatives passed the Raise The Age bill.  The Senate now has the bill for consideration. The Senate budget does include policy language supporting Raise The Age legislation, however no funds were allocated in the...
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Emancipate NC was founded on the knowledge that mass incarceration and structural racism harm all of us. Prison is state-sponsored violence. We are all complicit in its harms. As an organization, we are dedicated to shifting the narrative on racialized mass incarceration through community education and mobilization. The mainstream narrative that criminalizes Black and Brown people must be transformed—so that we can all get free.  Emancipate NC is a project of the Carolina Justice Policy Center.

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