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We see Zion Lemelle's manicured hands holding up a "You Can Vote" eligibility checklist card.
Posted inPrison Health

Getting out the vote in jail, during a pandemic

by Hannah Critchfield October 5, 2020January 29, 2021

By Hannah Critchfield In the autumn of a normal election year, Zion Lemelle would gather the requisite voter registration forms and absentee ballot requests and don her orange “You Can Vote” t-shirt. Then she would head into a room full of inmates inside the Mecklenburg County jail, North Carolina’s largest. Of course, this year is […]

We see a hand holding a cardboard sign that says, "#Free Them All" sticking out the passenger window of a compact white car passing the Durham County Detention Facility. The car is part of a caravan of protestors calling for the release of inmates who are unable to pay bail during the pandemic. It's Father's Day, 2020.
Posted inPrison Health

Even as NC’s COVID numbers stabilize, jail outbreaks spike

by Hannah Critchfield August 11, 2020January 29, 2021
We see several pumpkins with decorated with googley eyes, stickers and multicolored acrylic paint. In the center, the heart-laden face of an orange pumpkin wearing a pink yarn hat with feathers and rainbow pipecleaners looks back at us. The pumpkins were made at the October 2019 Parent Day at Orange County Correctional Center.
Posted inChildren's Health

A year without visits: COVID-19’s impact on children with incarcerated parents

by Hannah Critchfield July 16, 2020July 17, 2020

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