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Justice System Reform

Durham School Students, Advocates Discuss School-to-Prison Pipeline at Duke Class

Durham public school students joined social justice advocates at Duke Law last week to discuss school-to-prison pipeline in North Carolina and the barriers preventing its…

Justice System Reform

Durham Students Rebuke Expected Overturn of Roe v. Wade

Durham, N.C. (May 12, 2022) — Hundreds of North Carolina students walked out of class Thursday at Charles E. Jordan High School and rallied outside…

Justice System Reform

SCSJ Releases New Report: Invest In Our Children, Invest In our Youth: Ending Youth Criminalization in North Carolina

Invest In Our Children, Invest In our Youth: Ending Youth Criminalization in North Carolina highlights the harms of, and alternatives to, vilifying and incarcerating our…

Justice System Reform

SCSJ Will Release New Report in Early 2022 On Ending Youth Criminalization in North Carolina

In early 2022, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice will release Invest In Our Children, Invest In our Youth: Ending Youth Criminalization in North Carolina.…

First in Flight, Last in Youth Justice

by Austin Braxton North Carolina is the only state that automatically processes every 16 and 17 year-old through its adult criminal justice system without an…

SCSJ’s Youth Justice Project Welcomes New Co-Directors

Two new staff members join the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) this month. Attorneys Ricky Watson and Peggy Nicholson will serve as Co-Directors of…