North Carolina’s jails are facing an overcrowding crisis. And, a fight for voting rights of formerly incarcerated

0:01:00North Carolina’s jails are facing an overcrowding crisis. Here’s why.More than one-third of North Carolina’s nearly 100 jails have exceeded capacity at some point since January 2026. Nineteen of those jails have been overcrowded every single month of this year. Luke Woollard of Disability Rights NC joins Due South to discuss the growing impact of overcrowding.Luke Woollard, attorney for Disability Rights NC’s prison and jails team0:13:00Second Chance Federation fight voter disenfranchisement for the formerly incarceratedJeff Tiberii speaks with Second Chance Federation executive director Daryl Atkinson, about the new organization’s efforts to restore voting rights to the formerly incarcerated.Daryl Atkinson, executive director, Second Chance Federation