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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.

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North Carolina In Violation of "Motor Voter" Law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2015
CONTACT:
Dēmos: Donté Donald, 212-485-6012, ddonald@demos.org
Project Vote: Michael McDunnah, 202-905-1397, mmcdunnah@projectvote.org
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice: Allison…

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Orange County group sends police chiefs, sheriff advice for fighting police bias

This story was written by Tammy Grubb and was first published in The News & Observer on May 26, 2015.
CHAPEL HILL – A coalition…

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SCSJ and partners call on North Carolina to comply with NVRA provisions

The Southern Coalition for Social Justice today took action to ensure that the State of North Carolina meets federal law requirements in providing voter registration…

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'Second Chance' laws sought

RALEIGH, N.C. — Advocates for people with criminal records are calling for changes to state laws they say make it nearly impossible for former convicts…

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Justice System Reform

House Bill 879 – Juvenile Code Reform

House Bill 879 (H879) proposes various reforms and technical changes to the Juvenile Code. The changes are designed to improve due process protections, prevent further…

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Justice System Reform

Better School Discipline Data in NC

There’s finally good news coming out of and bi-partisan cooperation in the North Carolina General Assembly. Earlier this month, Representatives Graig Meyer, Rick Glazier, Sam Watford, and Donny Lambeth filed…

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SCSJ's Daryl Atkinson discusses "On the Run" on HuffPost Live

Senior Attorney Daryl Atkinson joined host Marc Lamont Hill and University of Wisconsin Sociologist Alice Goffman in a HuffPost Live discussion of Goffman’s book, “On…

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Justice System Reform

The Negative Impacts of SB 343

North Carolina already has a massive school-to-prison pipeline and an alarming number of youth in the adult criminal system, and both crises may soon worsen. Rep. Jerry Tillman filedSB…

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Justice System Reform

School Resource Officer Census Released

Last month, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety’s Center for Safer Schools (CFSS) released its 2015 North Carolina School Resource Officer Census. The Census defines school resource…

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Justice System Reform

Suspension Prevention is Everybody’s Business

Across North Carolina and the nation, what’s often referred to as “the great equalizer” turns students away. Schools suspend students for not attending school. Yes, really.…

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Wake Voters Sue Over New County Commission Districts

For Immediate Release Contact: Beverley Clark, 919-247-4207
Anita Earls, 919-794-4198,
anita@scsj.org
Wake Voters Sue Over New County Commission Districts Voters in overpopulated districts claim…

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U.S. Supreme Court declines to immediately hear N.C. voting law case

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to immediately hear an appeal in a case challenging the state’s 2013 voting law, where the lower appeals court…