2024 Year in Review
This year’s timeline is a testament to what we can achieve together.
READ MORE >Department of Justice Investigation Reveals Constitutional Violations, Culture of Abuse and Neglect at Fulton County Jail
On November 14, 2024, the Department of Justice released findings from its 15-month long investigation into the living conditions and treatment of incarcerated persons at the Fulton County Jail.
READ MORE >SCHR Open Records Request Reveals Mayor Dickens’s Special Procurement for Diversion Services Mirroring Terms of Stalled PAD Contract
The Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) announced today that records obtained from a November 1, 2024 Open Records Request reveal that the scope of services in Mayor Andre Dickens’s special procurement for diversion services is nearly identical in the scope proposed by the Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative (PAD) in its winning bid to provide mobile response services in Atlanta.
READ MORE >Southern Center for Human Rights Statement Regarding Ongoing Prosecution of Atlanta Public School Educators
Requiring incarceration in Georgia prisons, which fail to afford the most basic human rights to incarcerated people, serves no one.
READ MORE >Southern Center for Human Rights, Color of Change & Center for Constitutional Rights Host Virtual Day-Long Rep-A-Thon Fundraiser in Support of First Amendment Lawyer Bridge
The Southern Center for Human Rights, Color of Change, and the Center for Constitutional Rights are proud to announce its inaugural live-streamed virtual fundraiser, Rep-A-Thon, scheduled for May 4th, 2024, from noon until 6:00 PM.
READ MORE >Federal Judge Holds Georgia Department of Corrections Officials in Contempt
A federal court has issued an order holding Georgia prison officials in contempt for their persistent violations of a settlement agreement and court order designed to protect men in the Georgia Department of Corrections’ (GDC) Special Management Unit.
READ MORE >United Nations Forum Shines Spotlight on People of African Descent
Director of Public Policy Tiffany Roberts took the stage for the third time, representing the Southern Center for Human Rights and the JUSTGeorgia coalition.
READ MORE >Human Rights Groups Ask International Commission to Investigate Police Killing of U.S. Environmental Activist
Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, The Southern Center for Human Rights, and the University of Dayton Human Rights Center filed a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights requesting a Department of Justice investigation into the 2023 murder of Manuel Esteban Páez Terán (known as “Tortuguita”), an environmental activist who was killed by police while peacefully protesting the construction of Atlanta’s “Cop City” facility.
READ MORE >Sine Die: Georgia’s 2023/2024 Legislative Biennial Ends
On Thursday, March 28, the Georgia General Assembly officially adjourned!
READ MORE >Thank you, New York!
We want to extend a warm thank you to everyone who attended our 2024 annual New York benefit reception
READ MORE >Legislative Update – Day 39
Today marks Legislative Day 39, which means we are two days away from Sine Die, the final day of the 2023-2024 biennial legislative session, which concludes months of debate and decision-making on legislation that will continue to shape the future of Georgia’s criminal legal system.
READ MORE >Legislative Update – Day 35
Today marks Legislative Day 35, which means there are only five legislative days remaining in…
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