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“We are thrilled to be recognized for our work with some of our community’s most marginalized individuals. We are so grateful to the Impact Fund for making this victory possible!" -Elizabeth Hopkins Thomas, Executive Director
North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services is pleased to announce the redevelopment of its Safe and Humane Jails Project.
Because of her work, our client was released into probation, saving him 4 1/2 years in prison.
Beginning this summer, DPS will help hundreds of prisoners of the Nation of Gods and Earths religion practice their faith.
North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services' post-conviction team has identified and corrected errors that have saved our clients more than 31 YEARS of incarceration.
Two weeks ago, attorney Tiffany Cox successfully had a client resentenced, saving him 20 months.
Attorney Molly Petrey saved a client from serving a 6-month unconstitutional sentence
Court Approves Landmark Settlement Requiring Prison System to Expand Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment
NCPLS Attorney Jonathan Broun tackles injustice through his extensive work on capital cases
Civil rights groups and the state have two weeks to come up with a plan to test every person incarcerated in North Carolina.
In 2020, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the state's 2013 legislative repeal of the 2009 Racial Justice Act (RJA) could not be applied retroactively to death row inmates who had already filed claims, restoring rights for approximately 140 prisoners to challenge their sentences due to racial bias. The court found that applying the repeal retroactively violated state and federal constitutions.
North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services staff mourn the tragic deaths of George Floyd, of Breonna Taylor, of Ahmaud Arbery, and of so many.
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.
After more than three decades behind bars for a murder he did not commit, James Blackmon has been acquitted of all charges.
Court orders NC to expand treatment of Hepatitis C in state prisons
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.
Prisoners fight to access a Hepatitis C cure in North Carolina
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.
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.