Our Mission

The Southern Center for Human Rights is dedicated to ending capital punishment, mass incarceration, and other criminal justice practices that are used to control the lives of poor people, people of color, and other marginalized groups in the Southern United States, and to build the power of those communities to transform the criminal justice system.

What We Do

SCHR represents individuals in Alabama and Georgia facing the death
penalty at all stages of litigation; brings impact litigation to
challenge unconstitutional and unconscionable practices within the
criminal justice system; engages in community organizing to build power
among those most affected by unfair criminal justice policies; and
advocates for positive (and against negative) criminal justice
policies and legislation.