Preliminary Settlement Reached to Halt Conditions of Solitary Confinement at South Fulton Jail
On January 18th, United States Northern District Judge William M. Ray, II preliminarily approved the settlement…
READ MORE >Home for the Holidays!
This holiday season, SCHR is overjoyed to celebrate several of our clients’ homecomings. Welcome home…
READ MORE >Executive Director Sara Totonchi to Step Down; Deputy Director Terrica Redfield Ganzy to Lead SCHR
On January 1, 2022, Terrica Redfield Ganzy, SCHR’s current Deputy Director, will be stepping into the role of Executive Director.
READ MORE >Photojournalist Jailed During Last Year’s Protests Sues City of Atlanta and APD
On June 1, 2020, during ongoing protests for Black lives in the wake of the…
READ MORE >Watch: Legislative Hearing on the Deadly Crisis in the GA Dept. of Corrections
“It is imperative that lawmakers, and the general public, demand the same transparency and accountability from the leaders of our prison system that we would from any other branch of government that we entrust with people’s lives.”
READ MORE >Thursday, Sept 23: GA House Committee Hearing on Crisis in GA Prisons
On Tuesday, September 14, the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announced a sweeping…
READ MORE >Too Much Doubt to Execute: Remembering Troy Davis, 10 Years Later
Too Much Doubt to Execute by Sara J. Totonchi Originally published on September 26, 2011…
READ MORE >Department of Justice Announces Sweeping Investigation into Georgia Prisons
Today, the United States Department of Justice announced a sweeping investigation of Georgia prisons. ln…
READ MORE >Lawsuit Challenges Inhuman Conditions of Confinement at Georgia State Prison
On September 10th, SCHR and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP filed a lawsuit in federal court…
READ MORE >Media Roundup
As the delta variant spreads, The Marshall Project continues to track shifting visitation policies at…
READ MORE >SCHR Sends Second Warning Letter to Lee Arrendale State Prison Over Unconstitutional and Inhumane Conditions
Last week, SCHR sent a second warning letter to Lee Arrendale State Prison Warden Murray…
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