Puerto Ricans Win Right to Transfer Their Driver’s Licenses in Georgia
Kenneth Cabán Gonzalez, a U.S. citizen born and raised in Puerto Rico, can finally transfer…
READ MORE >Hours Before Scheduled Execution, Jimmy Meders is Granted Clemency
We are overjoyed that at 1:00 pm yesterday, a mere 6 hours before he was…
READ MORE >Senate Study Committee on Revising Voting Rights Recommends No Changes to Current Law
This year, a bipartisan group of state senators convened to form the Senate Study Committee…
READ MORE >Southern Center for Human Rights Sends Warning Letter to City of Clarkston Regarding Unlawful Practices in the Clarkston Municipal Court
On Friday, attorneys from the Southern Center for Human Rights sent a letter to Clarkston…
READ MORE >Georgia Must Test the DNA Evidence in Imminent Scheduled Execution
In just two days, on Wednesday, November 13th, Georgia state officials have scheduled an execution…
READ MORE >Filmmaker Scott Budnick; New Hampshire Representative Robert Reynolds ‘Renny’ Cushing to be Honored by the Southern Center for Human Rights
On Thursday, November 7th, the Southern Center for Human Rights will host its 23rd Annual…
READ MORE >Currently incarcerated? Have a past criminal record?
If you or someone you know is having trouble voting because of a conviction or…
READ MORE >‘What we call goals are human rights’: an interview with Close the Jail ATL’s Marilynn Winn
The Atlanta City Detention Center (or ACDC) has historically served as a place to warehouse…
READ MORE >Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging Policies Unlawfully Restricting Access to Basic Utility Services
In May 2017, the Southern Center for Human Rights, along with the National Immigration Law…
READ MORE >A Quarterly Update from the SCHR Ambassadors
SCHR In the News Earlier this week, SCHR and co-counsel at the Georgia Innocence Project…
READ MORE >Judge Grants Injunction to Halt Solitary Confinement and to Remedy “Repulsive” Conditions for Women at South Fulton Jail
United States District Court Judge William M. Ray, II issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Sheriff of…
READ MORE >SCHR’s Public Policy Director Appointed As Leader of New National Criminal Justice Organization
Southern Center for Human Rights Public Policy Director Marissa Dodson has been appointed to the…
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