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A handful of volunteers work in a library in a donated space. Books adorn shelves on the wall. There is a table in the middle of the room for people to assemble packages on.
Posted inPrison Health

Volunteer-led group sends books to incarcerated women statewide

by Rachel Crumpler December 23, 2022December 22, 2022

By Rachel Crumpler Nearly every Saturday, a small group of volunteers gather in Durham. They walk up the stairs to a library in a donated space on private property and get to work.  There are hundreds of books on shelves and in bins in that library. There’s an order to it all. A fantasy section […]

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

COVID outbreaks continue in NC jails, which are exempt from state vaccine mandate

by Elizabeth Thompson October 25, 2021August 31, 2022
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
shows solitary confinement cell: a bed and a toilet in a barren room
Posted inPrison Health

NC Prison Breaks Its Own Rules for Suicide Prevention

by Taylor Knopf May 22, 2018May 24, 2018
Posted inPrison Health

New Push to End Treatment of Teen Offenders as Adults

by Taylor Knopf March 9, 2017October 10, 2022
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons
Posted inChildren's Health, NC Health Briefs, Prison Health

Ending Solitary for Juveniles, Prison Commissioner Cites Use of Evidence-Based Alternatives

by Rose Hoban June 21, 2016September 7, 2016

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