RALEIGH, N.C. — Lanier Cansler stepped down Tuesday as secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, saying that he expects the frustration of running the state’s largest agency to increase in an election year. Story continues here >>>
"They say justice is blind. It must be to ignore the plight of the mentally ill in America’s prisons." So writes Matthew Mangino for thecrimereport.org in introducing the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s recent two-part series on mental illness and incarceration. In his editorial "America's 'Mental Health Gulag,'" Mr. Mangino points to North Carolina as well as other states as examples of less than humane treatment and solutions.
National NAACP president All eyes on North Carolina
January 28, 2012
DURHAM – Benjamin Todd Jealous, national president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, stopped by the Bull City on Saturday to rally support for the “Historic Thousands on Jones Street” agenda ahead of the civil rights-focused march next month in Raleigh. Story continues here >>>
Sister apologizes for death row inmate’s newspaper rant : WRAL.com
January 26, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. — The sister of a death row inmate is apologizing for a letter her brother recently wrote to his hometown newspaper in which he boasted of being “a gentleman of leisure” who spends his days in prison napping, watching TV and eating three meals a day. Story continues here >>>
Mental Health Stigmas Still Around, But There’s Help In The Piedmont
January 26, 2012
Greensboro, NC — A local man was still undergoing a psychological evaluation Wednesday after he spent more than 14 hours in a standoff with police earlier in the week. Story continues here >>>
Are some foster kids over-medicated?
January 23, 2012
HICKORY — In the grocery store, a child goes through the produce isle picking up items and biting into them. When mom tries to stop him, he takes a bite out of her. Meanwhile, the child has managed to get the attention of shoppers and workers alike. Story continues here >>>
Compensation for state-enforced sterilization: Money won’t be enough
January 23, 2012
Raped and pregnant at age 13, orphaned by a runaway father and a mother in prison, Elaine Riddick already had many strikes against her when it was time for her son Tony to be born.
But worse was yet to come. Judged “feeble minded” and “promiscuous” by the North Carolina eugenics board, Riddick was sterilized against her will by the doctors who delivered her baby in tiny Winfall, N.C. Story continues here >>>
