Category: Features & Updates
Halfway Home, Half a Chance
The Covid-19 pandemic has made clear that jails and prisons are not as separate from…
READ MORE >Southern Center for Human Rights, ACLU File Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Require Clayton County Sheriff to Protect People in Jail from Escalating COVID-19 Outbreak
Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU…
READ MORE >Use of Force Advisory Council Releases Initial Recommendations
On June 4, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an administrative order creating a Use…
READ MORE >House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee To Meet for Second Hearing on Citizen’s Arrest Statute
Tomorrow, July 23, the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee will meet for another hearing on Georgia’s…
READ MORE >House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee to Hear Testimony on Whether to Repeal Georgia’s Citizen’s Arrest Law
Tomorrow, July 13th, at 10 AM, the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee, which has jurisdiction over…
READ MORE >Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Clayton County Sheriff for Failure to Protect People in Jail from Escalating COVID-19 Outbreak
Last night, the Southern Center for Human Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the…
READ MORE >2020 Legislative Update
After a legislative session marked by unprecedented disruption due to Covid-19 and mass protest against…
READ MORE >Families, Organizers Lead Four Atlanta Marches to Speak Out Against State-Sanctioned Violence
On Saturday, June 27, JUSTGeorgia will support marches departing from Grant Park, Kathryn Johnston Memorial…
READ MORE >Legislative Update: Wednesday, June 24
In one of the final days of the 2020 legislative session, the political games were…
READ MORE >Your Voice Needed: No to SB 402
Once again, cashless bail is under attack at the state capitol, and we need your…
READ MORE >Your Voice Needed: Tell Your Senator to Vote NO on HB 838
In a sneaky last-minute move, Senate Republicans are trying to circumvent the legislative process, by…
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