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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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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…

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Justice System Reform

Words Matter: the Importance of Humanizing Criminal Justice Vocabulary

Inmate. Prisoner. Other. Discussed. What to call incarcerated people: Your feedback By BLAIR HICKMAN We received more than 200 responses to our callout asking the…

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Justice System Reform

The School-to-Prison Pipeline in Action

At a recent talk I gave on the School-to-Prison Pipeline, a school board member in the audience strongly objected to the metaphor and said he…

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Man convicted of fatally shooting Michael Jordan’s father seeks new trial

The man convicted of fatally shooting Michael Jordan’s father in eastern North Carolina more than two decades ago hopes to win a new trial with…

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New evidence in Daniel Green’s case, SCSJ attorneys are seeking a new trial

Contact: Joyce Fitzpatrick 919-247-4400 joyce@fitzpatrickcomm.com For Immediate Release Daniel Green Files Motion for New Trial COMPELLING NEW EVIDENCE RAISES SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS ABOUT LUMBERTON MAN’S MURDER…

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"Ban The Box" Advocates Call For Executive Order At White House

Criminal justice reform advocates are meeting with top White House advisers on Wednesday to help people who’ve done their time, Politico reports. They’re urging President…

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Court Says Packing Black Voters in Districts is Unconstitutional

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2015
Contact: Anita Earls, Southern Coalition for Social Justice 919-794-4198 (Office)

U.S. SUPREME COURT’S DECISION IN ALABAMA REDISTRICTING CASE…

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"Ban the Box" campaign gains momentum in Washington

This story was written by Josh Gerstein and appeared on politico.com on March 25, 2015
Obama urged to ease hiring of ex-prisoners
A group of…

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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…

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Welcoming the 'most vulnerable'

This editorial appeared in The Herald-Sun on Sunday, March 8, 2015. More than 2,100 unaccompanied immigrant children have been placed with sponsors – often family…

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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…

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School board supports migrant children issue

This story was written by Gregory Childress and was originally published in The Herald-Sun on Tuesday, March 3, 2015.
DURHAM-The school board has adopted a…