Author: Southern Center for Human Rights
Cashless Bail Under Attack
Cashless bail is yet again under attack at the State Capitol. We need your help. SB 504 is the latest and most egregious attempt to punish poor people by requiring cash bail for pretrial release.
READ MORE >Palmer Singleton, Rest in Power.
With heavy hearts, we share the sad news that former SCHR attorney Palmer Singleton passed…
READ MORE >Legislative Update
The Georgia General Assembly met last week for Legislative Days 9-11, and will reconvene this…
READ MORE >Legislative Update from SCHR
The Georgia General Assembly convened for the 2022 legislative session on Monday, January 10. This…
READ MORE >Preliminary Settlement Reached to Halt Conditions of Solitary Confinement at South Fulton Jail
On January 18th, United States Northern District Judge William M. Ray, II preliminarily approved the settlement…
READ MORE >Home for the Holidays!
This holiday season, SCHR is overjoyed to celebrate several of our clients’ homecomings. Welcome home…
READ MORE >Executive Director Sara Totonchi to Step Down; Deputy Director Terrica Redfield Ganzy to Lead SCHR
On January 1, 2022, Terrica Redfield Ganzy, SCHR’s current Deputy Director, will be stepping into the role of Executive Director.
READ MORE >Photojournalist Jailed During Last Year’s Protests Sues City of Atlanta and APD
On June 1, 2020, during ongoing protests for Black lives in the wake of the…
READ MORE >Watch: Legislative Hearing on the Deadly Crisis in the GA Dept. of Corrections
“It is imperative that lawmakers, and the general public, demand the same transparency and accountability from the leaders of our prison system that we would from any other branch of government that we entrust with people’s lives.”
READ MORE >Thursday, Sept 23: GA House Committee Hearing on Crisis in GA Prisons
On Tuesday, September 14, the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announced a sweeping…
READ MORE >Too Much Doubt to Execute: Remembering Troy Davis, 10 Years Later
Too Much Doubt to Execute by Sara J. Totonchi Originally published on September 26, 2011…
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