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28517
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Research shows that pets provide people with health benefits, such as stress relief and decreased risk for heart disease. Through the New Leash on Life program, inmates at the Pamlico Correctional Institution in Bayboro, North Carolina are assigned as dog trainers and tasked with rehabilitating shelter dogs. The dogs have a calming effect on inmates and help improve mental health.
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29035
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Black Mama’s Day Bail Out was a national action to free black mothers who were in jail on bonds they could not afford to pay. Mothers released from the Durham County Detention Facility were celebrated at Hillside Park on Mother’s Day. Social activists at the event are calling for reform of North Carolina’s racially biased ransom demands.
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36244
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Reducing recidivism for ex-offenders were programs such as the NC State Industry Expansion Solutions (IES). Through this program, they earn a Lean Manufacturing Certificate. Attesting to the success of this program were statistics related to job growth and economic impact. Asserting its necessity were statistics related to the likelihood of recidivism in the absence of employment.
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28431
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As overpopulated prisons have sapped government budgets, there has been a push to make sentencing reforms retroactive. Cumberland County native Larry Stubbs is hopeful that this push will mean he will be released from prison after serving life in prison for second-degree burglary. The same crime today carries a maximum sentence of four years. Prison reform and Stubbs’ fight for justice are detailed.
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27657
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Mentally ill inmate Michael Anthony Kerr died of dehydration after a month-long stay in solitary confinement. Kerr’s death has spurred investigations by the State Bureau of Investigations and Disability Rights NC. Disability Rights is composing several reforms that will guide how prisons treat mentally ill inmates in the future.
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27671
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Two employees of the Department of Public Safety have received federal subpoenas from a grand jury in connection with the death of mentally ill inmate Michael Anthony Kerr. Since Kerr’s death casued by dehydration, 9 prison workers have been fired, 2 have resigned, and another 20 to 30 were disciplined. The Department of Public Safety has also assigned a new administrator to Alexander Correctional and will begin rolling out a series of reforms for inmates with mental illnesses. Changes in policy and the new reforms are detailed.
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24146
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Sageworks Inc. CEO Brian Hamilton holds seminars with prisoners in North Carolina to discuss how they can start their own businesses and improve their lives.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 31 Issue 11, November 2011,
p48-57, il
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28459
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The story of Rhoda Bruington and her path to prison are told. Bruington was 46 when she helped her boyfriend commit armed robbery and was sentenced to 104 years in prison. The prison and justice system in North Carolina and its need for reform are also discussed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 8, February 1995,
p10-13
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