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November 18, 2014

Press Clipping: 5 former inmates file suit against Lanesboro Correctional

By Tina Terry ANSON COUNTY, N.C. — This Anson County prison has been plagued by violence and controversy all year.  Now five inmates  are suing more than a dozen people including guards and administrators saying they failed to keep inmates safe from violent attacks. READ: Lanesboro Lawsuit Those five NC inmates are serving time for […]

Category iconUncategorized Tag iconLanesboro

November 18, 2014

Press Clipping: Inmates sue staff of Lanesboro Correctional

WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC ANSON COUNTY, NC (WBTV) – Five former prisoners of Lanesboro Correctional in Anson County say guards at the prison helped gang-affiliated inmates get weapons and wage attacks. They are now suing the facility. Additional Links Inmates: Officers at Lanesboro helped gang members wage attacks The […]

Category iconUncategorized Tag iconDaryl Atkinson,  Department of Public Safety,  Human Rights,  Lanesboro,  Lanesboro Correctional

November 18, 2014

SCSJ Files Suit Challenging Mistreatment at Lanesboro Correctional

Five men formerly held at Lanesboro Correction Institution in Anson County, NC have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that officers repeatedly helped gang-affiliated inmates get weapons and wage attacks. Plaintiffs in the case allege that they were violently assaulted by fellow prisoners wielding contraband weapons, and that corrections staff were aware of these attacks and […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconDaryl Atkinson,  Ian Mance,  Lanesboro,  Lanesboro Correctional,  Scott Holmes

November 18, 2014

Charlotte Observer Reports that Officers at Lanesboro helped gang members wage attacks

Five former inmates at Lanesboro Correctional Institution have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that officers at the Anson County prison repeatedly helped gang-affiliated inmates get weapons and wage attacks. Some officers went so far as to open locked doors to allow attacks on inmates, the lawsuit contends. The suit also maintains that supervisors at Lanesboro […]

Category iconUncategorized Tag iconAnita Earls,  Benjamin White,  gang violence,  Lanesboro,  Luke Largess,  Orlando Harshaw,  SBI,  Sean Smith,  Stacey Wynn,  Tavieolis Hunt

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NOW: 17-year #ncga veteran Rep. @priceyharrison — who serves on House elex cmte and has sponsored dozens of elex-related bills — testifies re: the voter ID amendment legislation's strange trajectory to passage. “It was interesting.” Watch: bit.ly/3dyQEYW #NCVoterIDtrial

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REMINDER: Join @nc_cred & @LawyersComm on tomorrow's #webinar from 7-8PM ET to review the law & how communities can continue advocating for the removal of monuments and other iconography to white supremacy from all court spaces. Learn more and register: bit.ly/2R9llLK

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ICYMI: Research presented by Dr. Ariel White, an expert in how voter ID policies impact behavior, supported #NCvoterIDtrial testimony of disenfranchised voters. Bias aside, she said ways county poll workers in NC are trained to enforce these complicated laws can lead to problems. pic.twitter.com/vM3o…

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"plaintiffs argue the newer law still fits into the same pattern of voter suppression laws from the past. 'Preventing fraud was one of the reasons given for imposing a literacy test,' testified James Leloudis, a professor of history at UNC wunc.org/politics/20… #NCvoterIDtrial

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Mr. Kearney has been a registered voter for 50+ years. Poll workers knew him by name, and still voter ID kept him from voting in 2016. This is why we’ve taken NC’s latest voter ID law to court. Watch as the #NCVoterIDtrial continues tomorrow: youtube.com/channel/… pic.twitter.com/vTWA…

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