Justice System Reform

Ban the Box Webinar

Ban the Box:  It’s Time for Fair Hiring in the South  “Ban the box” delays arrest and/or conviction inquiries in the hiring process to offer…

Community supports Durham FADE recommendations

Yesterday, nine community organizations partnered with the Durham FADE Coalition and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice to prioritize five of the more than 30…

Community says "enough" to Durham racial profiling

The community has had enough. The Southern Coalition for Social Justice and Durham FADE (Fostering Alternative Drug Enforcement) partnered with community organizations to present and…

Justice System Reform

Kids Make Mistakes

We all want our kids to learn from their mistakes, go to school and get good jobs. Yet, NC remains one of only two states in the…

FICPM on the vanguard of ending mass incarceration

SCSJ Criminal Justice Reform attorney Daryl Atkinson is a steering committee member of the Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People’s Movement (FICPM). In the following radio…

Give Local America lets you help SCSJ TWICE as much!

You support social justice issues like voting rights, criminal justice reform, environmental justice, and human rights – and you’re not alone! We do too. Right…

Justice System Reform

No (More) Youth in the Criminal System

In its upcoming legislative session, the North Carolina General Assembly is poised to again take up a Republican-sponsored bill that would expose more youth to criminal prosecution…

Clean Slate Success in Durham

What is Clean Slate work and why is it important?
Involvement in the criminal justice system has negative side effects beyond a court case and…

Healthy Food Access, Where?

Which places do you envision “need access to nutritious food”?  Who do you believe has the right to access nutritious food? My guess is that…

UNC journalism students explore race class and education in Durham, NC

There is no direct means by which a student becomes a dropout, unemployed or a criminal; there is no single decision, policy or process directly…

Raise The Age: the importance of keeping children out of adult jail

On the heels of End Mass Incarceration (EMI) Week comes reenergized attention to the Raise the Age Movement in North Carolina. As explained in my…

Justice System Reform

Selina Garcia: Multi-System Failure

At 7:30 a.m. on a Friday morning, I began to receive a flurry of text messages from Selina, a 17-year-old high school student in Wake…