Author: Southern Center for Human Rights
‘I Don’t Want Her Death in that Jail to be in Vain’: The Barbaric Conditions for Mentally Ill Women at South Fulton Jail
When the phone call came from the South Fulton Jail in April of 2017, Willie…
READ MORE >Incarcerated People are Striking for Basic Humanity — America Should Listen
Today marks the end of the first week of a multi-state prison strike, organized with…
READ MORE >It’s Time to Close Atlanta City Detention Center
The Atlanta City Detention Center (or ACDC) has, historically, served as a place to warehouse…
READ MORE >Nowhere to Go: Homelessness among formerly incarcerated people
In a first-of-its-kind study, the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) is reporting that formerly incarcerated people…
READ MORE >Two Rulings, One Conclusion: ‘User-Pay’ Court Funding Unconstitutional
In two landmark decisions this month, two federal judges declared that there is a clear…
READ MORE >Problems at Fulton County State and Magistrate Court Public Defender Office Are Brought To Light
In recent months, the Southern Center for Human Rights has received complaints from both clients…
READ MORE >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…
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