by cjpcenter_135ydg | Jul 3, 2019 | CJPC News
by Sierra Riley, Student at Ravenscroft High School and CJPC Intern The Netflix documentary series When They See Us is disturbing, but necessary to watch. The film not only shares the story of the Central Park Five, it brings awareness to the broken legal system which...
by cjpcenter_135ydg | Jun 6, 2019 | CJPC News
On July 13, 2019 at 3:00 pm in the Durham Friends Meeting located at 404 Alexander Avenue in Durham, the Carolina Justice Policy Center will host their Second Annual Poetic Justice storytelling event. In this powerful event, criminal justice advocates will collaborate...
by cjpcenter_135ydg | Jun 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
On June 4, 2019, CJPC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove joined fellow activists in front of city hall to demand accountability from the Raleigh Police Department in the wake of Soheil Maharrad’s recent death. Blagrove was joined by Rolanda Byrd (Raleigh PACT),...
by cjpcenter_135ydg | Jun 4, 2019 | CJPC News
In partnership with the Wilson County NAACP, and CAPE, the Carolina Justice Policy Center is thrilled to announce they are one of sixteen organizations chosen to receive a Vera Institute for Justice “In Our Backyards” grant to combat mass incarceration in...
by cjpcenter_135ydg | May 15, 2019 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform
by Elizabeth Simpson, CJPC Associate Director Last week, a community activist called me. She told me that her friend Amanda Marriner, a formerly incarcerated woman, wanted to get married to another woman who is still in prison. However, the prison was blocking the...
