The Southern Center for Human Rights

The Southern Center for Human Rights provides legal representation to people facing the death penalty, challenges human rights violations in prisons and jails, seeks through litigation and advocacy to improve legal representation for poor people accused of crimes, and advocates for criminal justice system reforms on behalf of those affected by the system in the Southern United States.

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  • PRESS RELEASE: Hearing in Lawsuit on Behalf of Hundreds without Lawyers Seeking Appeals
    Date of Publication: 
    02/04/2010
    Author: 
    Southern Center for Human Rights

    ATLANTA, GEORGIA –On Friday, February 5, 2010, Superior Court Judge Jerry W. Baxter will hold a hearing in Maurice Flournoy, et al. v. The State of Georgia, et al., a class action lawsuit that seeks to secure lawyers for indigent persons in Georgia who have been convicted of offenses carrying a term of incarceration and who are currently without legal representation.

  • New Leadership at SCHR: Policy Director Sara Totonchi Named Executive Director
    Date of Publication: 
    01/15/2010

    Happy New Year to all of SCHR's friends and supporters! As we celebrate the victories from the past years under the direction of Lisa Kung and Stephen Bright; we are thrilled to usher in 2010 with a new leader, our long time Public Policy Director, Sara Totonchi.

    Lisa Kung has received a fellowship from the Open Society Institute to investigate the dichotomy in the way some Southern communities of color navigate and deal with challenges and opportunities. She will travel throughout the South interviewing members of these communities for a series of oral history podcasts.

  • Lawsuit Filed to Secure Lawyers for Poor People Seeking Appeals
    Date of Publication: 
    12/15/2009
    Author: 
    Southern Center for Human Rights

  • SCHR Responds to ADOC; Data Reveals Assaults on Corrections Officers at Donaldson Also Underreported
    Date of Publication: 
    12/12/2009
    Author: 
    Southern Center for Human Rights

    MONTGOMERY, AL — The Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) is disappointed by the Commissioner’s statement of December 9, 2009 regarding violence at Donaldson Correctional Facility.  A more appropriate response would have been to apologize to the public for providing erroneous information and to promise to make public the result of an investigation into how these errors occurred.  

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