Topic: Prisons and Jails

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A Slap on the Wrist and a Rubber Stamp: NC Lets Sheriffs Break All the Rules

December 7, 2022

A Disability Rights NC Report on NC’s Failure to Regulate Dangerous Jails Executive Summary North Ca…

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DRNC’s 2020 Deaths in Jails Report

April 24, 2022

Published April 2022 Record number of suicides in NC jails: Drug-related deaths, inadequate access t…

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Your Right to Refuse Medication in Prison

February 4, 2022

Learn about your right to refuse medication in prison and the procedures for emergency and non-emerg…

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DRNC’s NC ID Project

April 20, 2021

About NC ID DRNC is excited to announce that we have officially launched the NC ID Project, a new pr…

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The Prison COVID Lawsuit

March 29, 2021

Information and resources to answer your questions about the Prison COVID lawsuit, new DPS COVID mit…

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Cover of report on suicides in NC jails

Report on High Suicide and Overdose Rates in North Carolina Jails Calls for Reforms

November 5, 2019

A report issued by Disability Rights North Carolina (DRNC) on suicide and overdose rates in NC jails…

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