Reentry advocate Kerwin Pittman (holding pair of ceremonial scissors) is joined by colleagues and supporters (including First Lady Anna Stein) at a ceremony celebrating the launch of North Carolina’s second Mobile Recidivism Reduction Center in Raleigh on July 2, 2025. (Photo: Ahmed Jallow/NC Newsline)
North Carolina First Lady Anna Stein joined social justice advocate Kerwin Pittman on Wednesday to unveil the state’s second mobile Recidivism Reduction Center, expanding an effort to support people leaving prison as they transition back into society.
The center is run by Recidivism Reduction Educational Program Services (RREPS), the nonprofit Pittman founded after his own experience with incarceration. In just 70 days, the group’s first mobile center has served more than 3,000 people in three cities — a pace Pittman said reflects both the urgency of the need and the effectiveness of the model…