Justice System Reform

Justice System Reform

Progress on NC school suspensions, violence, but more to do | News & Observer

*Originally published in the News & Observer Incidents of school crime and violence, short- and long-term suspensions, alternative learning program placements and corporal punishment were all…

Selma march feels like 'hope and justice magnified'

Susan Burton of A New Way of Life in Los Angeles and Daryl Atkinson of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice finally got their turn…

Greensboro workshop focuses on cleaning up criminal records

This story was written by Amanda Lehmert and was originally published in the News & Record on Saturday, February 28, 2015.
GREENSBORO-On a bitter cold…

SCSJ's Daryl Atkinson discusses 'The New Jim Crow' on HuffPost Live

SCSJ Senior Attorney Daryl Atkinson appeared on HuffPost Live at 6:30 PM EST with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and HufffPost Washington Bureau Chief Ryan Grim…

Ban the Box to increase tax revenue and reduce crime

Guest Commentary from by Tessie Castillo at QNotes ENGAGE: Write a letter to the editor For 1.6 million North Carolinians, the worst part of job…

Zero tolerance drug policies cannot alleviate poverty

This post is a response to Mayor William V. “Bill” Bell’s recent guest column, “First steps key in long journey to eliminate poverty.” 
Zero tolerance…

Stop Punishing People After They Have Been Released From Prison

Stop Punishing People After They Have Been Released From Prison January 30, 2015 by Jeremy Haile
This post first appeared on BillMoyers.com.
BillMoyers.com is proud…

Durham City Wide Study of The New Jim Crow

These are tumultuous times for the criminal justice system. Huffington Post reports that exonerations of wrongfully convicted people are at an all time high. Meanwhile,…

SCSJ announces partnership with Youth Justice North Carolina

SCSJ has always maintained a strong commitment to addressing issues of racial equity in education, eliminating racial bias in the criminal justice system, ending mass…

Black and Brown Lives Matter: March for Justice & Racial Unity

Date:    Tuesday,  December 23
Time:    12noon  (Press Conference 11:30am)
Begins: Ebenezer United Church of Christ
734 Apple St.  Burlington, NC
Concludes: First Christian United Church…

'Ban the Box' hiring policies: What Syracuse can learn from Hawaii and North Carolina

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Will Syracuse’s new “Ban the Box” ordinance really make a difference in who gets hired by the city and its contractors? Do…

Justice System Reform

Policing the Police

The recent horrific police killings of African-American youth in Ferguson, Cleveland, and many other places across the country are a depressing reminder of the urgent need to rethink the…