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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 […]

Jail suicides are on the rise in North Carolina
Posted inPrison Health

Breaking Point: What is the future of COVID and incarceration?

by Elizabeth Thompson February 10, 2022March 22, 2022
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
Shows a group of grim looking young women holding up signs saying, "we want peace" as they sit in front of candles.
Posted inMental Health

Pakistani refugee in NC cannot escape the images of trauma from a land he fled years ago

by Nadia Bokhari November 5, 2021November 4, 2021
Army Pvt. 1st Class Lucas Ternell, a volunteer firefighter, and a member of the 20th Military Police Company, Maryland National Guard, puts out a small debis fire in the yard of a house fire in Salisbury, Md., Aug. 27. Ternell was aboard Rescue 16, which was one of several fire and rescue engines that reported to the fire inside a residential neighborhood. Guard members and civilian first responders are providing area support during the Hurricane Irene response. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Darron Salzer
Posted inState Health Policy

Similar bills to help first responders with health issues are in front of legislators. They’re likely to have different outcomes.

by Rose Hoban May 4, 2021May 4, 2021
shows hands, black and white clasped as a proxy to talk about the pain that comes from domestic violence.
Posted inGender health

No state oversight of where sexual assault nurse examiners work in NC, but models for change exist

by Carolina Public Press January 30, 2021January 29, 2021

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