Category: Prison & Jail Conditions
COVID-19 Behind Bars: A Handbook for Incarcerated People
In prisons and jails characterized by unsanitary conditions and inadequate healthcare, COVID-19 represents an unprecedented threat. While…
READ MORE >Georgia Justice Reform Partnership Sends Letter to Georgia DOC; Board of Pardons and Paroles Urging Immediate Action in light of COVID-19
The Georgia Justice Reform Partnership (GJRP) is a diverse coalition of organizations and individuals committed…
READ MORE >SCHR Sends Follow-Up Letter to Georgia Department of Corrections; Board of Pardons and Parole
This morning, SCHR sent a follow-up letter to the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) and…
READ MORE >SCHR Sends Public Letter to all 159 Georgia Sheriffs Regarding the Potential Spread of COVID-19 to People in Georgia Jails
On March 23, 2020, the Southern Center for Human Rights sent a public letter to…
READ MORE >Friends of Shauntrice Murry Push for her Immediate Release
We were all incarcerated at Lee Arrendale State Prison with Shauntrice Murry. We know that…
READ MORE >Statement from Sara Totonchi on Possible Covid-19 Exposure at the Fulton County Jail
After the AJC reported yesterday that a detainee is being held in isolation at the Fulton County Jail…
READ MORE >SCHR Sends Public Letter to State Regarding the Potential Spread of COVID-19 to People in Georgia Prisons
On March 13, 2010, the Southern Center for Human Rights sent a public letter to…
READ MORE >Judge Grants Injunction to Halt Solitary Confinement and to Remedy “Repulsive” Conditions for Women at South Fulton Jail
United States District Court Judge William M. Ray, II issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Sheriff of…
READ MORE >DOJ Files Statement of Interest in SCHR Case
In April, the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR), along with the Georgia Advocacy Office,…
READ MORE >Victorian Asylum or Modern Jail?
By Sara Totonchi, Executive Director When K.H. was arrested in Atlanta in November of 2018,…
READ MORE >Georgia Prisoners Reach Settlement to Reform One of the “Harshest and Most Draconian” Solitary Confinement Units in the Nation
The Southern Center for Human Rights and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, have reached a…
READ MORE >Are Alabama Sheriffs Violating Federal Law? It’s Time to Investigate.
Today, in a letter sent to the United States Attorneys for the Northern, Middle, and…
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