The Associated Press reported Thursday that four North Carolina prisons and a drug addiction treatment facility are being renamed because of historical connections to racism or slavery. NC DPS has a press release about the name changes here. The new names take effect on Monday. Keep reading for more on this story and other news. Prisons Renamed. As the AP report and DPS release in the lead explain, Morrison Correctional Institution in Hoffman now will be known as Richmond Correctional Institution and DART Cherry will become DART Center. Near the end of the 19th century, former Governor Cameron Morrison led a white supremacist group called the Red Shirts, and former Governor Gregg Cherry advocated dropping civil rights issues from the Democratic party platform in the 1940s. Caledonia Correctional Institution in Tillery now will be Roanoke River Correctional Institution, Polk Correctional Institution in Butner will be Granville Correctional Institution, and Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women in Black Mountain will become Western Correctional Center for Women. The name Caledonia refers to a former slave plantation on the prison’s property, and Revolutionary War officer William Polk owned slaves. Swannanoa’s name is connected to the construction of a tunnel in Asheville that caused the death of many Black prisoners who worked on it in the 1800s. Commissioner of Prisons Todd Ishee noted that prison staff had input in the renaming decisions. Wrongful Arrest Settlement. WRAL reports that the City of Raleigh has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by [...]
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