Protestors call for NC state leaders to reduce prison population

Dec 2

BY MICHAEL HYLAND | UPDATED DECEMBER 2, 2022 10:51 AM

People calling for state leaders to reduce North Carolina’s prison population began a month-long demonstration Thursday outside the Executive Mansion.

Decarcerate Now NC, a coalition of groups aiming to end mass incarceration, is urging Gov. Roy Cooper (D) to use his clemency power and take other steps to release some of the state’s prisoners immediately.

It’s the third year the group is holding the demonstration, which began in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a letter delivered to the governor’s office this week, the group called for the immediate release of those who are ill, elderly, in prison for technical violations of parole and those incarcerated as children.

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