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JUSTICE POLICY CENTER
"Criminal Justice Advocacy since 1975"
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ARCHIVE PAGE NC's LEGISLATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY BRIEF
North Carolina's Legislative Criminal Justice Policy Brief is provided as a tool for those who desire accurate and current information about criminal justice policies in North Carolina. Briefs also include updates on the legislative budget process which affects numerous programs that provide alternatives to incarceration.
Click on the most recent briefs to learn about upcoming events and conferences, recent national research on criminal justice issues and to access different avenues for assistance. The 'Building Knowledge & Finding Help' section directs you to websites to access legislative contact information, Prison & Inmate Searches, NC Court Calendars, Attorneys, Legal Assistance for Prisoners, Substance Treatment & More.
Production of the brief is made possible by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the Tides Death Penalty Mobilization Fund and the generous support of individual donors.
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- Most Recent Archives
- North Carolina's criminal justice policies, hot topics, events, and more.
- CJPC Policy Brief - Justice Reinvestment in NC - Dec. 5, 2010
- Justice Reinvestment Moves Toward Recommendations
- CJPC Policy Brief - HOPE Program - November 10, 2010
- HOPE Program in Hawaii
- Criminal Justice Policy Brief - StreetSafe - Oct. 5, 2010
- Recommendations from the Street Safe Task force
- Criminal Justice Policy Brief - Justice Reinvestment - Sept 21, 2010
- Justice Reinvestment Presentation
- CJPC Criminal Justice Policy Brief - Sept 10, 2010
- CJPC Policy Brief - RJA - August 4, 2010
- CJPC Legislative Update - Non-budget items - August 2, 2010
- CJPC Legislative Update - July 12, 2010
- CJPC Criminal Justice Policy Brief - June 25, 2010
- CJPC Legislative Update - June 8, 2010
- Legislative Update - May 18, 2010
- CJPC Legislative Update - April 30, 2010
- Criminal Justice Policy Brief - April 16, 2010
- Criminal Justice Policy Brief - April 1, 2010
- Criminal Justice Policy Brief - March 17, 2010
- Criminal Justice Policy Brief - March 2, 2010
- NC's e-Legislative Criminal Justice Policy Brief - December 16, 2009
- Holiday Edition
Loss of CJPC Board Member, Dr. Jeffrey Elliot
ACLU of NC - 2010 Paul Green Award Recipients - Charmaine Fuller Cooper & Jeremy Collins
TROSA Christmas Trees Give Hope & Substance Abuse Treatment
100 to 1 Federal Crack Cocaine Legislation - NC's e-Legislative Criminal Justice Policy Brief - November 10, 2009
- Do you have ideas to stop NC's revolving prison door?
NC's Criminal Justice Resource Directory - Call for entries
Upcoming Legislative Meetings
Join CJPC on Facebook - NC's e-Legislative Criminal Justice Policy Brief - October 13, 2009
- NC's Criminal Justice Resource Directory - Call for Entries
NC StreetSafe Task Force - What works?
Legislative Funding Continuation Reviews
Community Success Initiative - Reentry Teach-in - CJPC Legislative Criminal Justice Update - Sept. 28, 2009
- Sentencing Project Alert - Federal Juvenile Justice Bill needs Congressional Support
Special Report on National Pretrial Conference Highlights - "Fairer Bail Bond System & More Info to Fight the Commercial Bail Bond Industry" - by Chuck Johnson, NC Pretrial Services Association
NC Governor Perdue, StreetSafe Task Force Newest Initiative to Reduce NC's Recidivism Rates - CJPC Legislative Criminal Justice Update - Sept. 14, 2009
- A Community Corrections Success Story - Peter Bell
UNC-TV Black Issues Forum on Racial Justice Act feat. Darryl Hunt, Henderson Hill & Charmaine Fuller Cooper
New Pew Report on Corrections Spending
NC's Justice Reinvestment Initiative
Whitney Houston - A Celebrity's Battle with Substances Inspiring
Forsyth County District Attorney Under Fire - Urgent Announcement from CJPC Friends - August 25, 2009
- Special Health Care Edition
Rallies throughout NC Call for Health Reform
Democracy NC Report - Health, Politics & Money
Health Care or Prison: NY Times Op-Ed - CJPC Legislative Criminal Justice Update - August 17, 2009
- NC Legislative Session Ends - Budget Impacts for Community-Based Corrections Programs
NC Racial Justice Act Signed into Law
Sentencing Reform Bills Adopted
Enacted Criminal Justice Bills & Upcoming Legislative Studies - CJPC Legislative Criminal Justice Update - August 3, 2009
- Final NC 2009-2010 Budget on the Way
Budget Highlights - Community-Based Corrections, Juveniles, Legal Services, Prisons, Victims
Some NC Probation Reforms Enacted
Restructuring & Balancing NC's Tax System - More Discussions when legislature adjourns
NC Racial Justice Act - Senate Concurrence Vote Coming Up
- CJPC Legislative Criminal Justice Update - July 13, 2009
- The Crisis in Corrections: Lessons from other States on Explosive Prison Growth
NC Policy Watch Crucial Conversation Luncheon with Texas State Rep. Jerry Madden on Prison Spending Reform
The Annual Question - When will the Legislature Adjourn?
Community-Based Corrections Programs: What's the Latest News on Budget Appropriations?
Probation Reform Bills need Lots of Work - Access to Sensitive Juvenile Records Info, Warrantless Searches by Law Enforcement in Question
Fight Continues for Sentencing Reform Bills - Proportionate Sentence Lengths & Even out Criminal Record Points
NC Racial Justice Act Floor Hearing Possible - Some Local DA's Fighting Bill Aimed to Reduce Racial Disparities in Capital Sentencing
- CJPC Legislative Criminal Justice Update - June 22, 2009
- Faison, Haire & House Ways & Means Cleans up NC Racial Justice Act
NC's Deep Budget Crisis Digs Deep into Social Programs
NC Eugenics - Forced Sterilization of Inmates & Mentally Ill Acknowledged in NC's History
- CJPC Legislative Criminal Justice Update - May 26, 2009
- McKissick's Senate Version of NC Racial Justice Act Survives Attack - Tainted but Alive
NC Legislature - No Revenue in Sight: Alternative Prison Programs Facing Eliminations & Cuts
Together NC Budget Reform Coalition Coming to a Town Near You
CJPC in the News
Prison Abuse - When the Media Isn't Watching
Ending Disparity in Cocaine Sentencing Laws has Support
NC Death Penalty Opponents Rally Against Starts
Fuller, CJPC Director Discusses Racial Justice Act on WUNC-National Public Radio - CJPC Legislative Criminal Justice Update - May 11, 2009
- The Time for Death Penalty Reforms
Bracing for More Budget Cuts
'Citizens Right to Now Bill' will cause more reporting than direct program work for Pretrial workers
Probation Reform = Reduction in Basic Protections, Bill needs more Work
NC NAACP HK on J Criminal Justice Bills hanging on for life - CJPC Legislative Criminal Justice Update - April 27, 2009
- Mental Illness & Prison: National Frontline Report
NC Bill Bans Capital Sentencing for Mentally Ill - Disability Rights NC leads Fight
NC Racial Justice Act Moves out of
Conservative House Ways & Means
Finally Something NC Can Learn From Texas - Texas Rep Tells NC How to Reduce Prison Spending
NC Revenue still up in Air
Cuts Can Go Deeper than they Look
- Senate Budget Edition - CJPC Legislative Update - April 13, 2009
- NC Senate sends Budget to House for More work
Senate Spares Programs
Dollars & Sense = Sentencing Reform
Fair Hearing for Racial Justice Act
Governor Pushes Questionable Warrantless Searches Bill - CJPC Legislative Criminal Justice Update - March 30, 2009
- NC's Chopping Block Hungry for Criminal Justice Alternative Programs
Criminal Justice Grants Available
NC Re-entry Study
Racial bias in NC's Death Penalty Debated in NC House
New Ideas to Reform America's Criminal Justice System
National Blue Ribbon Bi-Partisan Commision on Criminal Justice Reform
Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - CJPC Legislative Criminal Justice Update - March 16, 2009
- NC Probation Gets More Money - $28 million increase in Governor's Recommended Budget
Stimulus Money Pads NC Budget
NC Racial Justice Act Re-introduced in House & Senate by Womble, Parmon and McKissick
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Charmaine Fuller Cooper, Carolina Justice Policy Center Executive Director speaking at a NC Racial Justice Act Press Conference. Also, pictured are NC Representatives Earline Parmon and Annie Mobley, William Robinson - advocate, Jeremy Collins - NC Coalition for a Moratorium coordinator.
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