Category: Features & Updates
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 >Sine Die: Georgia’s 2023/2024 Legislative Biennial Ends
On Thursday, March 28, the Georgia General Assembly officially adjourned!
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…
READ MORE >An Update on Pain & Power Part II
Thank you to all – community members, partners, and elected officials – for joining us…
READ MORE >Legislative Update – Day 21
Today marks Legislative Day 21, which means we are more than halfway through the legislative session! As we approach Crossover Day in two weeks (February 29), legislators will work to pass legislation from one chamber to the next. Your representatives have voted on promising proposals as well as some extremely harmful ones.
READ MORE >Our 2024 Georgia Legislative Priorities
The Southern Center for Human Rights is committed to decriminalizing race and poverty in America’s Deep South and our policy priorities this session reflect that commitment. Read on to learn about our policy priorities, advocacy tools and community advocacy days.
READ MORE >Southern Center for Human Rights First Amendment Lawyer Bridge Project Pairs 40+ Clients in the Fulton County “Cop City” RICO Indictment
The First Amendment Lawyer Bridge (“The Bridge”) is the formalized lawyer pairing project housed at SCHR that provides compensation to attorneys representing people arrested while exercising their First Amendment rights.
READ MORE >Southern Center’s Kristen Samuels Presented with Advancing Real Change’s Emerging Leader Award
SCHR Senior Investigator Kristen Samuels was recently honored by Advancing Real Change, Inc. (ARC) with its Emerging Leader Award.
READ MORE >UN Human Rights Review to Include Repression of Stop Cop City; Rev. Keyanna Jones to Represent in Geneva
Ahead of a review of the United States government by the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the movement to Stop Cop City makes an appeal to the world claiming that the use of Domestic Terrorism and RICO statutes against activists, as well as the police killing of Manuel Paez “Tortuguita” Terán, constitute human rights violations under international law.
READ MORE >Civil Rights Groups Demand Atlanta City and Law Department Officials to Cease and Desist Publication of Signed Cop City Referendum Petitions with Unredacted Names
The Legal Defense Fund, the Southern Center for Human Rights, and the Center for Constitutional Rights sent a letter demanding that Atlanta Municipal and Law Department officials to cease and desist the publication of signed referendum petitions with unredacted names, signatures, and other personal information.
READ MORE >Southern Center for Human Rights and Color Of Change Urge Fulton County Commissioners Against Transferring People Incarcerated in the Fulton County Jail to Facilities Outside Metro Atlanta
On Monday, September 18, 2023, the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) and Color Of Change (COC) sent a letter to Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairman Rob Pitts, urging the Chairman to reconsider his proposal to transfer people incarcerated in the Fulton County Jail to facilities outside of Metro Atlanta.
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