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photo shows a couch cushion with a book on it, Beyond Innocence: The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt’ by Phoebe Zerwick
Posted inFeatured

‘Beyond Innocence: The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt’

by Anne Blythe May 20, 2022May 21, 2022

By Anne Blythe Darryl Hunt’s wrongful conviction and highly publicized exoneration often put him in the spotlight as he worked to reform the criminal justice system that stole 19 years of his life. As North Carolina’s most public face of the injustices in the justice system, Hunt exuded a sense of calm and dignity as […]

trailers with barb wire around them
Posted inPrison Health

Breaking Point: Two years of pandemic measures take a toll on prisoners during Omicron surge

by Elizabeth Thompson January 28, 2022January 28, 2022
beyond a fence two fences, one topped with razor wire, about a dozen men play on a bleak basketball court. Many people with mental illness end up in the prison system
Posted inPrison Health

Outside the binary and behind bars: Incarcerated transgender and intersex people face challenges

by Elizabeth Thompson November 22, 2021November 21, 2021
shows a woman in an orange jumpsuit, sitting on a bed, shackled. she's in a cell that has a sink and toilet.
Posted inGender health

Beyond ending shackling, a new bill opens up questions about children born to incarcerated moms

by Hannah Critchfield May 13, 2021May 12, 2021
beyond a fence two fences, one topped with razor wire, about a dozen men play on a bleak basketball court. Many people with mental illness end up in the prison system
Posted inState Health Policy

COVID-19 puts pressure on already fractured prison health system

by Taylor Knopf July 2, 2020July 1, 2020
a fence is in the foreground, with a dozen men in jumpsuits beyond it, they're sitting on benches and seveal are playing basketball. More inmates with mental illness find themselves in solitary confinement following the 2017 deaths of prison officers in NC.
Posted inPrison Health

After officer deaths, more NC inmates with mental illness find themselves in solitary confinement

by Taylor Knopf December 18, 2019December 17, 2019

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