Stitching a life back together: North Carolina’s push to improve reentry services

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: July 21, 2026

Words: 1,037

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 2 days ago

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It is hard to imagine finding hope in a steel cargo container. But Shirlye Grandy sees life, fellowship and beauty in the metal box that sits on the Dix Park campus in Raleigh.

Grandy served nearly six years in the N.C. Correctional Institution for Women, but now holds the title of public arts project coordinator for Arise Collective, a Raleigh nonprofit dedicated to helping incarcerated women across the state.

Grandy told members of the …

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