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Press Releases and SCHR Publications

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PRESS ADVISORY: Hearing this Thursday for SCHR’s Northern Circuit Indigent Defense Lawsuit 03/01/2010
Judge Orders Georgia to Provide Lawyers for Inmates Seeking Appeals 02/23/2010
PRESS RELEASE: Hearing in Lawsuit on Behalf of Hundreds without Lawyers Seeking Appeals02/04/2010
New Leadership at SCHR: Policy Director Sara Totonchi Named Executive Director01/15/2010
Lawsuit Filed to Secure Lawyers for Poor People Seeking Appeals12/15/2009
SCHR Responds to ADOC; Data Reveals Assaults on Corrections Officers at Donaldson Also Underreported12/12/2009
Alabama Department of Corrections Significantly Underreports Assaults on Incarcerated Men 12/09/2009
SCHR Argues that Denial of Counsel for Over Two Years in Death Penalty Case Prevents Fair Trial11/10/2009
SCHR Releases 5th Edition of Georgia Advocacy Handbook: A Guide to Helping Loved Ones in Georgia Prisons11/09/2009
SCHR Files Five Briefs Asking Court to Strike Down Georgia Sex Offender Law as Unconstitutional 10/02/2009
SCHR Files Amicus Brief in Georgia Supreme Court Challenge to For-Profit Probation Companies and $50 Public Defender Fee09/24/2009
Stephen B. Bright Testifies on Need for Competent Counsel in US House of Representatives09/20/2009
Alabama Supreme Court Sides with People in Prison in Open Records Act Lawsuit09/18/2009
ADVOCATES ISSUE STATEMENT CONDEMNING OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S EXPANSION OF DHS’S FAILED 287(g) PROGRAM07/17/2009
South Georgia Man Released from Year-Long Incarceration; Jailed For Being Too Poor To Support A Child That Is Not His07/15/2009
Report Supports Atlanta Citizens’ Right to Review Police Department Activities 06/29/2009
SCHR's Human Rights Report 200906/15/2009
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Hundreds of Poor People Without Lawyers04/07/2009
Correctional Officers Join SCHR Request to Investigate Donaldson Correctional Facility04/03/2009
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Injured Prisoners to Prevent Future Violence02/26/2009
Parole Handbook01/01/2009
Life Sentence for Brian Nichols12/12/2008
Consensual Sex as a Teenager leads to Thanksgiving Day Eviction11/21/2008
SCHR Sheds Light on Corrupt Private Probation Companies with New Report10/17/2008
Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Harm Public Safety03/21/2007
Evictions from Nursing Homes Stopped Sheriffs Agree not to Force Elderly and Severely Disabled People onto the Streets10/30/2006
Injunction Filed to Stop Evictions from Nursing Homes10/12/2006
Temporary Restraining Order filed to stop Law Enforcement from Arresting Bulloch County Residents08/14/2006
Temporary Restraining Order: Stop Agusta Area Sheriffs from Arresting People on the Sex Offender Registry07/26/2006
Federal Court Order Protects Public From HB 1059's School Bus Stop Provision 07/25/2006
‘Bus Stop’ Brief filed in Lawsuit Challenging HB 1059: Georgia’s Sex Offender Law07/17/2006
Judge Extends TRO to All People on Sex Offender Registry Who Live Near School Bus Stops06/29/2006
Temporary Restraining Order in the Lawsuit Challenging HB 1059: Georgia’s Sex Offender Legistlation06/26/2006
No More “Room and Board” Fees For Pre-Trial Detainees at the Clinch County Jail04/17/2006
A pre- and post-Katrina Report on Indigent Defense in New Orleans03/01/2006
Turning Celebrated Principles into Reality01/15/2003