Month: July 2020
Halfway Home, Half a Chance
The Covid-19 pandemic has made clear that jails and prisons are not as separate from…
READ MORE >Southern Center for Human Rights, ACLU File Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Require Clayton County Sheriff to Protect People in Jail from Escalating COVID-19 Outbreak
Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU…
READ MORE >Use of Force Advisory Council Releases Initial Recommendations
On June 4, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an administrative order creating a Use…
READ MORE >House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee To Meet for Second Hearing on Citizen’s Arrest Statute
Tomorrow, July 23, the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee will meet for another hearing on Georgia’s…
READ MORE >House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee to Hear Testimony on Whether to Repeal Georgia’s Citizen’s Arrest Law
Tomorrow, July 13th, at 10 AM, the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee, which has jurisdiction over…
READ MORE >Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Clayton County Sheriff for Failure to Protect People in Jail from Escalating COVID-19 Outbreak
Last night, the Southern Center for Human Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the…
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