Category: Features & Updates
Statement from SCHR on former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill’s Convictions
For years, former Sheriff Victor Hill terrorized the people in his custody. The stories that have…
READ MORE >Statement from Communities Over Cages Alliance Regarding Mounting Deaths at the Fulton County Jail
On October 19, 2022, yet another detained person died in the Fulton County Jail. According…
READ MORE >Groundbreaking ACLU Report Offers Clear Solutions to Overcrowding at Fulton County Jail
On October 12, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Georgia released…
READ MORE >(Un)Covering the Criminal Legal System
The criminal legal system is as sprawling and confusing as it is opaque. Understanding the…
READ MORE >MEDIA ADVISORY: Coalition of Human Rights Organizations and Community Advocates Form New Court Watching Project
WHAT: A press conference to announce the creation of Justice Watch Georgia, a new court-watching…
READ MORE >Statement from Christina Wilson Remlin on In-Custody Deaths
Senator Ossoff opened the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on uncounted deaths in prisons and…
READ MORE >SCHR Sends Letter to GA Public Defender Council Concerning Failure to Provide Counsel to Hundreds of Georgians Accused of Crimes
On August 18, SCHR sent a letter to Georgia Public Defender Council (GPDC) Executive Director…
READ MORE >Press Release: Communities Over Cages Alliance Denounces Passage of Legislation to Lease City Jail to Fulton County
The legislation represents a step back for Atlanta, expands the city’s jailing business, and reverses…
READ MORE >Media Advisory: Southern Center for Human Rights Opposes Dickens Administration Jail Lease Legislation
WHO: Attorneys and advocates from the Southern Center for Human Rights, a non-profit public interest…
READ MORE >Press Release: Southern Center for Human Rights to Hold Public Community Safety and Police Violence Town Halls
(Atlanta, GA) — The Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR), a non-profit public interest law…
READ MORE >Southern Prisons Coalition Submits New Report to United Nations
Last week, the Southern Prisons Coalition, a group of civil and human rights organizations of…
READ MORE >Fox 5 Highlights Understaffing in Georgia Prison System
Disturbing video footage taken by a person living at Ware State Prison shows the deceased…
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