American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia Inc.
12/13/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/13/2023 15:41
ACLU of Georgia and Southern Center for Human Rights to discuss findings from reports on the Fulton County Jail and Police Violence
WHAT
The ACLU of Georgia and Southern Center For Human Rights will hold a joint press conference to discuss and answer questions about the ACLU of Georgia's analysis, "Breaking the Cycle: Exploring Alternatives to a New Jail," and SCHR's report, "Pain & Power: Confronting Police Violence in Atlanta."
WHEN
Thursday, December 14, 2023, 11 a.m.
WHERE
Near the entrance of the Fulton County Jail, 901 Rice St, NW, Atlanta.
WHO
Staff attorneys with the ACLU of Georgia and representatives from SCHR.
QUOTES
Fallon McClure, ACLU of Georgia, Deputy Director of Policy & Advocacy:
"Fulton County's history shows we cannot build our way out of overcrowding, and the ACLU of Georgia recommends Fulton County leaders let state law and evidence-based scholarship be our touchstone to reduce the overcrowding at Rice Street before considering any new jail building."
Kannette King, Movement Policy Associate, Southern Center for Human Rights:
"We have witnessed the unwavering threat of Atlanta Police Department, and it is imperative for us to engage in efforts to reduce and eradicate the harm inflicted by this thoroughly trained and well-resourced police department."
Tiffany Williams Roberts, Public Policy Director, SCHR:
"In an environment where disinformation is so harmful to people confronting police violence, it is essential that communities be provided with resources that accurately reflect not only the state of affairs but also policy proposals that make a better world possible."
Devin Franklin, Movement Policy Counsel, SCHR:
"The excessive and racially disparate policing practices of Atlanta Police Department, the overcrowding and mismanagement of the Fulton County Jail and the inefficiencies of the Fulton legal ecosystem all bear individual and collective responsibility for the legacy of tragedy and harm that have come to define Atlanta and Fulton County's increasing preference of carceral responses over investments in community as a public safety solution."