Category: Prison & Jail Conditions
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…
READ MORE >‘I Don’t Want Her Death in that Jail to be in Vain’: The Barbaric Conditions for Mentally Ill Women at South Fulton Jail
When the phone call came from the South Fulton Jail in April of 2017, Willie…
READ MORE >Incarcerated People are Striking for Basic Humanity — America Should Listen
Today marks the end of the first week of a multi-state prison strike, organized with…
READ MORE >Georgia Prisoners Are Subjected to “Harshest and Most Draconian” Solitary Confinement Units in the Nation
*Content Warning: some images are disturbing & contain blood* The Special Management Unit (SMU) at…
READ MORE >Reminder: Corporations Are Profiting Off Of Migrant Detention
The stories being reported from our country’s Southern border are horrifying. It is worth remembering…
READ MORE >Bad Prison Food Is More Than a Punchline
The quality of food in prisons and jails across the country is notoriously poor. What…
READ MORE >SCHR Files Civil Rights Lawsuit on Behalf of Two Incarcerated Men Brutally Beaten by Officers at Georgia State Prison
Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf…
READ MORE >Inadequate Medical Care in Prison Makes Headlines Again
A sick person in detention is entirely at the mercy of the prison or jail…
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