‘What we call goals are human rights’: an interview with Close the Jail ATL’s Marilynn Winn
The Atlanta City Detention Center (or ACDC) has historically served as a place to warehouse…
READ MORE >Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging Policies Unlawfully Restricting Access to Basic Utility Services
In May 2017, the Southern Center for Human Rights, along with the National Immigration Law…
READ MORE >A Quarterly Update from the SCHR Ambassadors
SCHR In the News Earlier this week, SCHR and co-counsel at the Georgia Innocence Project…
READ MORE >Judge Grants Injunction to Halt Solitary Confinement
Press Contact: Hannah Riley; 470-867-7530; [email protected] (Atlanta, GA) — Today, United States District Court Judge…
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 >SCHR’s Public Policy Director Appointed As Leader of New National Criminal Justice Organization
Southern Center for Human Rights Public Policy Director Marissa Dodson has been appointed to the…
READ MORE >Georgia Fails to Adhere to Federal Standards for Granting Drivers Licenses to Puerto Ricans
Georgia DDS Retains Government Documents from Puerto Rico, Detains Applicants Presenting the Documents and Fails…
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 >Final Legislative Update
The Georgia General Assembly ended the 2019 legislative session a little after midnight on Tuesday,…
READ MORE >Court-Watching on March 6, 2019, at the Atlanta Municipal Court
At the Southern Center for Human Rights, we’ve used court-watching as a tool for a…
READ MORE >Every Defendant Deserves a Trial Free of Race Discrimination
In September of 2017, Keith “Bo” Tharpe came within hours of execution; the Supreme Court…
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