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The focus of this subseries is on CJPC's efforts to improve north Carolina prison conditions and halt the building of private prisons in NC. Materials are arranged into topical subseries further subdivided by project, and may include correspondence, newsletters, photographs, articles, fundraising and legislative materials, and materials on alternative penalties for death row inmates. Also houses some inmate art. There are also some large tear sheets with goals and planning from a PJP meeting and an oversize 1970s chart showing NC Congressional districts.

Materials in this subseries relate to CJPC's work on sentencing reform, and include information on pre-trial procedures, probation, juveniles, drug court, and alternative penalties, with the majority originating from the Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission (SPAC). Also included are some success stories from these programs. There is some overlap between project subdivisions, since oftentimes CJPC's work on sentencing committees led to the development of community programs: for example, the Sentencing Policy and Advisory Commission led to the Community Corrections project (see Community Programs for more materials on these projects).