Author: Southern Center for Human Rights
Georgia Prisoners Are Subjected to “Harshest and Most Draconian” Solitary Confinement Units in the Nation
*Content Warning: some images are disturbing & contain blood* The Special Management Unit (SMU) at…
READ MORE >Reminder: Corporations Are Profiting Off Of Migrant Detention
The stories being reported from our country’s Southern border are horrifying. It is worth remembering…
READ MORE >Remembering our Friend and Hero, Lewis Sinclair
Ten years ago today, the world lost a true luminary. A dear friend of the…
READ MORE >Death Sentences are Dwindling in Georgia, In Favor of a Different Kind of Death Sentence: Life in Prison Without the Possibility of Parole
It has been 4 years since a jury in the state of Georgia handed down…
READ MORE >Lighting the Fires of Freedom: A Conversation with Janet Dewart Bell
Who comes to mind when you think of leaders of the Civil Rights movement? Martin…
READ MORE >Bad Prison Food Is More Than a Punchline
The quality of food in prisons and jails across the country is notoriously poor. What…
READ MORE >SCHR Files Civil Rights Lawsuit on Behalf of Two Incarcerated Men Brutally Beaten by Officers at Georgia State Prison
Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf…
READ MORE >Former Prosecutors and Others File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Support of Johnny Lee Gates
Yesterday, a unique group of former prosecutors, a former judge, and a civil rights attorney…
READ MORE >2018 Legislative Update
Fighting uphill battles is nothing new to the Southern Center for Human Rights, and the…
READ MORE >SCHR Continues to Challenge LaGrange, GA, Policies That Restrict Access to Basic Utility Services
Charles Brewer, of LaGrange, suffers from serious sleep apnea and congestive heart failure. The 55-year…
READ MORE >Legislation Would Further Exacerbate Wealth-Based Detention in Georgia
Yesterday, following a three hour hearing on SB 452, the legislation passed out of the…
READ MORE >Newly Discovered Prosecutors’ Notes Reveal Blatant Race Discrimination in Capital Jury Selection
Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights and the Georgia Innocence Project filed a supplement…
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