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It takes a team of caring, compassionate people to help achieve CCT’s mission of building people, not prisons. Part of the building includes training programs where participants learn and practice…

We are so proud to receive the title ‘Best Nonprofit in Charlotte’ from Queen City Nerve’s Best in the Nest 2021. See what they had to say about our work,…

Carita Jacobs is completing the last few months of her prison sentence at CCT’s residential work release dorm. Her path hasn’t been an easy one. However, as you’ll see in…

The hiring process has many steps, from completing an application to phone interviews and criminal background checks, with human resources (HR) doing much of the vetting. Our executive director, who…

Reporter Devna Bose writes about marginalized people, underrepresented communities, racism and social justice for The Charlotte Observer. She and photographer Khadejeh Nikouyeh spent time recently  at the Center for Community…

“Building People, Not Prisons” isn’t just the Center for Community Transitions tagline. It’s how Executive Director Patrice Funderburg models her path to leading transformative change within the Charlotte community —…

More than a year after the pandemic hit, residents serving out the final years of their sentences through our Center of Women program are finally seeing the light at the…

Most of the criminal justice conversations in our community are about policing and law enforcement, not on reentry, transition and reducing recidivism. But all of these topics are connected because…