Category: Criminalization of Poverty
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 >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 >Bail Reform Comes to Atlanta
Money bail is American exceptionalism of the wrong variety. The United States is one of…
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