Category: Justice System Reform

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Justice System Reform

Human Rights Organizations Demand Prison Population Reduction to Ease Overcrowding After Hurricane Helene

RALEIGH , N.C. (Oct. 31, 2024) — North Carolina human rights organizations signed onto a letter to demand the release of 400 incarcerated women and…

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Justice System Reform

Upcoming Alamance Reentry Event Will Feature Performers, Impacted Panel Discussion

BURLINGTON, N.C. (Sept. 11, 2024) — Several organizations will come together this month to host a powerful reentry event featuring performances of stories from the Hidden Voices' project ReVisioning Rural Reentry. The stories, which highlight critical perspectives from rural communities across the state, will be followed by a candid panel discussion between three individuals who returned to Alamance County after incarceration.

Safe Return: North Carolina's Experience with Bringing People Home Early form Prison report spread with cover and two spreads showing report content over blue gradient background

Justice System Reform

SCSJ’s ‘Safe Return’ Report Details Successes of NC Releasing People Early from Prison

DURHAM, N.C. (Sept. 4, 2024) — During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, North Carolina safely sent thousands of people home early from prison with no negative impact to public safety, according to a new report, “Safe Return,” from Southern Coalition for Social Justice released as part of its Reframing Public Safety Series.

Hasson Bacote was sentenced to death for a crime that occurred when he was 21.

Justice System Reform

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Human Rights Organizations Demand Prison Population Reduction to Ease Overcrowding After Hurricane Helene

Upcoming Alamance Reentry Event Will Feature Performers, Impacted Panel Discussion

SCSJ’s ‘Safe Return’ Report Details Successes of NC Releasing People Early from Prison

Community Leaders Urge Court to Uphold Racial Justice Act, Condemn NC Death Penalty

SCSJ Focuses on School Resource Officers in First Part of New Ongoing Public Safety Series

Warnings About Police in Schools: SCSJ Releases Memo to Fayetteville City Officials

SCSJ Statements on Supreme Court OK’ing Punishment for Sleeping While Unhoused

REPORT: North Carolina’s Education System Stuck in Cycle of Racism

SCSJ Seeks Decision in NC Parole Commission Case

Charlotte Police Body Cam Footage Illustrates Inappropriate, Unjustified Response in Steele Creek Arrest

SCSJ hosts EU Delegation to Call for an End to Capital Punishment in North Carolina

SCSJ, Emancipate NC urge action on Edenton’s Confederate statue relocation