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66% of voters say that rehabilitation should be prioritized over incarceration.

How Programs like HEART Fund Care, Not Criminalization

This week (May 5-8) is ACLU Community Safety Week on Capitol Hill. We’re joining the ACLU in DC to demand Congress invests in prevention, not punishment.

Dec 10, 2020

“How Am I Supposed to Get a Fair Shot? As a Black Man, the Odds are Stacked Against Me.”

Written by Larry Allred, an incarcerated North Carolinian in Caswell Correctional.
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Dec 10, 2020

“How Am I Supposed to Get a Fair Shot? As a Black Man, the Odds are Stacked Against Me.”

Written by Larry Allred, an incarcerated North Carolinian in Caswell Correctional.

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Dec 04, 2020

N.C. Court Appoints Special Master to Oversee Protections for People Incarcerated During the Pandemic

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Dec 02, 2020

A Look at Our 2020 Work in 20 Tweets

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Nov 23, 2020

If We Can Pardon Turkeys, We Can Pardon People.

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Nov 19, 2020

Constitutional Rights Not Welcome in Alamance County? Organizer of ‘I Am Change’ Voting Rights March Charged with Felony

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Nov 19, 2020

Remembrance, Resilience, and Response: Addressing An Epidemic of Violence Against Trans and Non-Binary People

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Nov 03, 2020

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Protesters on Eve of the Election

Alamance Protest Case 11/2020
Nov 01, 2020

Police Violence Disrupts March to Polls in Alamance County

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Oct 19, 2020

Eye on Civil Liberties: Where You Can Have an Impact in Elections Closer to Home

The intense focus on the presidential race can easily obscure policies that could have more of a direct impact on communities in both red and blue states, but they are no less important.

Photo of multiple voting stations set up in the Kentucky Exposition Center for voters to cast their ballot.