Category: Features & Updates
Southern Center for Human Rights Statement on the Killing of Manuel Terán
Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, otherwise known as Tortugita, should be alive today. On Wednesday, January…
READ MORE >2023-2024 Georgia Legislative Session Begins
The Georgia General Assembly began the 2023-2024 legislative session on Monday, January 9, with more…
READ MORE >Metro Atlanta Jails Remain in Crisis
As much of the country underwent a dangerous, abnormally cold snap in late December, residents…
READ MORE >Georgia Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Decision Denying Danyel Smith the Opportunity to Present New Scientific Evidence of his Innocence
On December 20, in a unanimous opinion, the Georgia Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s…
READ MORE >The 2022 Year in Review
Learn more about SCHR’s ongoing work to fight for equality, dignity, and justice for people impacted by the criminal legal system.
READ MORE >Civil Rights Organizations Dismiss Covid Lawsuit; Advocate for Depopulation of Crowded and Dangerous Clayton County Jail
Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights and the ACLU of Georgia moved to dismiss…
READ MORE >“Physically, Visually Breaking Down”
The humanitarian crisis at Fulton County jail goes much further than people sleeping on the…
READ MORE >Community Safety and Police Violence Town Halls Continue November 16 in Zone One
After weeks of protests in 2020, promises for change, and general unrest over the past…
READ MORE >Uncontained Outbreaks of Lice, Scabies Leave People at Fulton Jail Dangerously Malnourished
Press Release – for Immediate Release Media Contact: Hannah Riley; [email protected], 470-867-7530 (Atlanta, GA) –…
READ MORE >When Constitutional Rights Don’t Apply: Understanding the Prison Litigation Reform Act
We’re excited to announce the second class in our Movement Law School for Journalists series!…
READ MORE >SCHR, ACLU, ACLU of Georgia Send Letter With Proposed Changes to Jail Lease to Mayor Dickens, City Council
This morning, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, and…
READ MORE >New Report Offers Recommendations For Decarcerating Rural Jails
A new report by the Vera Institute of Justice shows that unnecessarily punitive responses to probation violations,…
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