Justice System Reform

Clean Slate Work: The Necessity of Second Chances for Justice-Involved People

Aaron Bryant is a summer intern at SCSJ, focusing on community organizing for our Criminal Justice Reform program. Aaron wrote the following reflections of his…

People Change: Why Clean Slate Matters

America has 5% of the world’s total population but 25% of the world’s prisoners. 65 million people have a criminal record in the United States.…

Real Experiences with Racial Profiling

Since early 2013, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, in conjunction with our partners in the FADE coalition, has been sounding the alarm with city…

Justice System Reform

Alternatives to School Suspension Are More Effective at Changing Student Behavior

In the 2012-13 school year, North Carolina students missed more than 750,000 school days due to suspension. Though suspension is the most widely used disciplinary…

Private Prison Profiteers

Private Prisons: The Injustice League The two largest private prison providers in the U.S. each rake in tens of millions of dollars every year. How…

The Clean Slate program offers a true second chance

Our country was founded on principles of equal opportunity, basic human rights and justice. As a nation, we have overcome social problems using both individual…

Voting Rights and Mass Incarceration

With SCSJ attorneys in federal court hearings this week fighting against North Carolina’s voter suppression laws and the second Clean Slate Clinic in Durham quickly…

Clean Slate Clinic July 12, 2014

Clean Slate Clinic July 12, 2014 Do you have a criminal record?  Has your criminal record held you back from getting a job?  There will…

Criminal Justice Initiative in the News

A sampling of Criminal Justice Initiative media coverage from May – early July 2014.  
Daryl Atkinson receives White House “Champions of Change” award on…

SCSJ 2014 Summer Interns

What’s it like for summer interns working with a multi-issue social justice organization? We asked SCSJ’s four summer law clerks and they told us all…

Justice System Reform

Spotlight on Juvenile Delinquency Cases

In late 2013 the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued opinions on three juvenile delinquency cases that merit highlighting: • In re J.L.H., 2013 N.C. App.…

Daryl Atkinson Receives White House Champion of Change Award

White House Honors Champion of Change Daryl Atkinson On Monday, June 30, 2014 the White House honored local "Champions of Change" who are doing extraordinary…