The Southern Center for Human Rights is a small, nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the human and civil rights of poor people in the criminal justice and corrections systems of the South through litigation, education, advocacy, and community involvement. It needs your financial support to carry on its work.

The Center is funded by individuals, law firms, foundations, and religious groups. It has never received government funds.  The Center carries out this work with a staff of nine attorneys, all paid no more than $40,000 a year, an associate director, a public policy director, ten paralegals and investigators, an office manager, and two administrative assistants. The Center's total annual budget is about $1.7 million.  The Center's modest salaries and other cost-saving measures ensure that all of its funds are stretched as far as possible to serve those in need of its assistance.

The Center needs your help to provide representation to the condemned and imprisoned, to publish articles and reports which add a voice of reason to the national crime debate, and to raise awareness about the injustices that are occurring as a result of the current policies.

Secure Online Contributions can now be made by clicking on the link below:

Contributions may also be mailed to:

Southern Center for Human Rights
83 Poplar Street, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30303-2122

The Center is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and all contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.  The Center protects our donors' confidential information. We never sell or trade a donor's personal information, including your identity, to anyone.  We appreciate your support.

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