About Us

Our Mission

RedressNC is an initiative designed to reflect a community-wide determination to unwind decades of retributive policies and to refocus criminal justice administration to prioritize public safety, accountability, racial equity, and restoration of community. Retribution and fear as underpinnings of our criminal justice system share an ugly legacy with our nation’s original sin -- racism and the systematic oppression of African Americans. Through collaborations with District Attorneys, faith communities and civic and fraternal organizations, RedressNC seeks to unwind this history.

our Work

Collaboration and education are central to the work of Redress NC. Currently we strive to

-> Collaborate with the N.C. Racial Equity Network’s efforts to inform and mobilize communities to become social change agents.

-> Facilitate difficult but important conversations with community institutions, museums, local colleges, faith communities, and civic forums on topics such as

broadening the scope of victim advocacy (See, Susan Herman, Parallel Justice for Victims of Crime, National Center for Victims of Crime (2010); Danielle Sered, Accounting for Violence: How to Increase Safety and Break our Failed Reliance on Mass Incarceration, The Vera Institute of Justice (2017); https://www.vera.org/publications/accounting-for-violence)
implementing the Model Penal Code recommendation to address extreme sentences (See, The American Law Institute, Model Penal Code: Sentencing (2017); Criminal Justice Facts, The Sentencing Project; https://www.sentencingproject.org/criminal-justice-facts/; Marc Mauer & Ashley Nellis, The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences (2018))
replacing retribution with restoration as the fundamental goal of criminal justice.

->Support the creation of Sentencing Review Units in District Attorneys Offices.

Our Team

Henderson Hill, co-Director

Trial attorney--criminal defense and civil rights, community activist, non-profit leader, policy consultant, Racial Justice Act appellate counsel.

JD from Harvard Law School.

Cindy Adcock, co-director

Henderson Hill, co-Director

Post-conviction lawyer, legal educator, restorative justice and racial justice advocate, writer.

JD and MPP from Duke University.

James SeArcy, Advisor

Experienced subject matter expert with advanced knowledge of best practices for reentry and recidivism reduction. Founder and executive director of Listening First, LLC.

jake sussman, Advisor

James SeArcy, Advisor

Experienced lawyer in high profile and complex indigent defense and civil rights cases in federal and state courts. Joined Southern Coalition for Social Justice in 2023 as the interim Chief Counsel of the Justice System Reform team. JD from NYU.

RedressNC

Communities Unwinding Mass-Incarceration in North Carolina

About Us

Our Mission

our Work

Our Team

Henderson Hill, co-Director

Henderson Hill, co-Director

Henderson Hill, co-Director

Cindy Adcock, co-director

Henderson Hill, co-Director

Henderson Hill, co-Director

James SeArcy, Advisor

James SeArcy, Advisor

James SeArcy, Advisor

jake sussman, Advisor

James SeArcy, Advisor

James SeArcy, Advisor