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Charlotte women s center offers model for replacing prisons
DEVNA BOSE, The Charlotte Observer
July 10, 2021
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Two gray houses stand on a small plot of land in northeast Charlotte.
Inside, women swipe paintbrushes across canvases, mince vegetables with steady hands and, on occasion, glue their eyes to TV screens. Outside, they turn their faces upward to the sun, stroll through the green grass and water growing cucumbers in the garden.
There’s not a fence in sight.
To these women, it’s a home. But it’s also a prison.
The Center for Women serves up to 30 incarcerated women at a time from all over North Carolina, helping them adjust to the community before the completion of their sentences. It’s the only residential work-release program of its kind in the state.
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