Settlement secures release of 3,500 incarcerated people from state prisons
The legal settlement ensures the early release of 3,500 people over the next six months, 1,500 of whom will be released over the next three months. The ...
Read More »The legal settlement ensures the early release of 3,500 people over the next six months, 1,500 of whom will be released over the next three months. The ...
Read More »A chief public defender runs and maintains the public defender's office. They create policies and work on issues such as the disparate impact of court ...
Read More »The committee, called the Juvenile Justice Planning Committee, was established on Sept. 25 to advise the Governor's Crime Commission and administer ...
Read More »The Black Mama's Bail Out Action is an annual event designed to bail Black mothers and caregivers out of jail. Southerners on New Ground Durham has raised ...
Read More »With the recent ruling on Sept. 4, around 5,000 people are newly eligible to vote.
Read More »Oct. 1 will mark the beginning of Orange County's "Our Lens, Our Voice", a photography and photo project that aims to reframe the narrative of local ...
Read More »The N.C. Supreme Court ruled that Marcus Robinson, who was resentenced to death after the Racial Justice Act was repealed in 2013, could not be executed ...
Read More »The North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice has recommended a ban on chokeholds, a mandate to intervene and report excessive uses ...
Read More »In the nation-wide fight for social justice and police reform, Orange County officials address racial disparities with updated policing and judicial policies. ...
Read More »At a specially called July 7 listening session, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners heard community concerns on racial justice from the police ...
Read More »BIPOC community members shared real stories about policing, race and justice in Chatham and Orange counties in a digital panel held by local government ...
Read More »Orange County's criminal justice system disadvantages low-income residents, according to a new report by the Orange County Bail/Bond Justice Project. ...
Read More »The Town of Chapel Hill is creating a Fund for Criminal Justice Debt for the neediest defendants. The fund will include $20,000 that will be used to help ...
Read More »Since the 2002 Greene Tract resolution was adopted, several different land-use needs have been suggested, but no development has started on the lot.
Read More »The organization is working to establish a $50,000 revolving bail fund that will be used to post low-cost bail for people in the county who cannot afford ...
Read More »The plaintiffs are seeking to represent all current and future people held in DPS custody, and they are suing for declaratory and injunctive relief. If ...
Read More »Until August, the Orange County Detention Center charged $3 for every cash deposit made for inmates through an Oasis ATM. The new agreement, signed by ...
Read More »Jack Corbin, an alias under which 31-year-old Daniel McMahon promoted fascist rhetoric, has been tied to several attacks on UNC students and faculty over ...
Read More »" If we want our criminal justice system to live up to the ideal of 'justice,' then we must stop imprisoning people for their poverty and abolish the ...
Read More »Simple assault charges brought against UNC professor Dwayne Dixon from the night of Silent Sam's toppling were dropped on Thursday morning at the Orange ...
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