Today marks Legislative Day 21, which means we are more than halfway through the legislative session! As we approach Crossover Day in two weeks (February 29), legislators will work to pass legislation from one chamber to the next. Your representatives have voted on promising proposals as well as some extremely harmful ones.
Please join the Southern Center for Human Rights on February 22, 2024 at the Auburn Avenue Research Library for Pain and Power Part II.
On the first day of Black History Month, the Georgia State Senate passed SB 63, which is an unconstitutional abridgment of the right to free speech, the presumption of innocence and the prohibition against unreasonable bail.
On February 1, 2024, the Georgia Senate passed Senate Bill 63. This bill, sponsored by Senator Randy Robertson, raises numerous concerns at the Southern Center and among our organizational partners for its potential to negatively impact criminal legal reform efforts throughout Georgia, specifically within the City of Atlanta and Fulton County.
The Southern Center for Human Rights is committed to decriminalizing race and poverty in America’s Deep South and our policy priorities this session reflect that commitment. Read on to learn about our policy priorities, advocacy tools and community advocacy days.
On Wednesday, January 3, 2024, a federal magistrate judged issued an order declaring Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat in “material breach” of our 2022 settlement agreement on behalf of women with serious mental illness suffering under inhumane conditions of solitary confinement.
The First Amendment Lawyer Bridge (“The Bridge”) is the formalized lawyer pairing project housed at SCHR that provides compensation to attorneys representing people arrested while exercising their First Amendment rights.
SCHR Senior Investigator Kristen Samuels was recently honored by Advancing Real Change, Inc. (ARC) with its Emerging Leader Award.
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