Category: Features & Updates
An End of Year Message from SCHR Board Chair James Kwak
Dear Friends of the Southern Center for Human Rights, Most of us have never lived…
READ MORE >Encourage Your Legislators to Attend Southern Center for Human Rights’ Legislative Institute!
We know that Georgians care about making our state’s criminal legal systems fairer, smarter, more…
READ MORE >Every Vote Matters: Help for Voters in Georgia Jails
This March, the Southern Center for Human Rights began a year-long project to empower and…
READ MORE >Help Us Protect Bail Reform in Atlanta!
In the midst of spiking COVID-19 cases, a looming housing crisis, and a volatile national…
READ MORE >Bail Reform in Atlanta is Under Threat: Action Needed TODAY
In response to a reported increase in “street racing” in the city of Atlanta, City…
READ MORE >Curtis Flowers’ Legal Team to be Honored by SCHR
On Wednesday, November 11, the Southern Center for Human Rights will host our 24th Annual…
READ MORE >Statement on Abuses Occurring at Irwin County Detention Center
Dawn Wooten, a whistleblowing nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center, reported last month that a doctor at the facility performed involuntary hysterectomies and other sterilization…
READ MORE >CARES Act Relief and Incarcerated People: What You Need To Know
UPDATE: The IRS has now been ordered to extend the deadline for paper filers to…
READ MORE >Rest in Power, Mrs. Mozel Anderson
Rest in Power, Mama Mozel. We are deeply saddened to share that our client Mrs….
READ MORE >Civil Rights Attorneys Sue to Protect Protesters’ First Amendment Rights
Yesterday, the Southern Center for Human Rights, Law Offices of Gerry Weber, LLC, Dreyer Sterling,…
READ MORE >Take Action: Tell the City of Atlanta to #DropTheCharges
While city officials across the country have made the decision to drop criminal charges for…
READ MORE >SCHR Responds to Clayton County Sheriff’s Continued Denial of COVID-19 Outbreak at Clayton County Jail
Yesterday, SCHR and co-counsel filed a reply brief in Jones v. Hill, a lawsuit brought…
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