NCPLS and the ACLU of North Carolina have filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the state's use of solitary confinement inflicts "cruel or unusual punishment" prohibited by the North Carolina Constitution.

NCPLS and ACLU file  class action challenging the state's use of solitary confinement

Court orders NC to expand treatment of Hepatitis C in state prisons

New Hepatitis C Ruling in North Carolina

 Prisoners fight to access a Hepatitis C cure in North Carolina

‘You’re Going to Let Me Die From This’

State law bars people who are on probation for felonies from voting.  Alamance County was one of a handful of counties where prosecutors brought charges.

Felony charges of illegal voting dismissed for five NC residents

After more than three decades behind bars for a murder he did not commit, James Blackmon has been acquitted of all charges.

NCPLS lawyers prove innocence of man wrongfully incarcerated for over 30 years

North Carolina should abolish the sentence of juvenile life without parole and replace it with a more humane and cost-effective sentence that allows for a review after a reasonable period of time, according to a report released Feb. 11 by the JustScience Lab at Duke University.

making a case against sentencing juveniles to life without parole

In 1996, police interviewed a 14-year-old boy with an IQ estimated at 66, questioning him about a cab driver beaten to death in the Sanford streets.

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New evidence suggests a different set of Sanford youths attacked the victim, records said, offering testimony that might have cleared Reid at the time.

Teen with IQ of 66 went to jail for murder in 1997. New evidence means he’ll get a new trial