To: Georgia Sheriffs, All Courts, City and County Elected Officials, State Representatives, State Senators, and the GovernorFrom: Reform GeorgiaRe: Letter of Recommendations to Protect Individuals from COVID-19 in City, County, and State Correctional FacilitiesDate: May 30, 2020 It is the wish of advocates to ensure that individuals within the correctional system and those who come…
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Below is our May 2020 update on the response to and impact of COVID-19 on Georgia’s correctional system. Go to our COVID-19 in Georgia’s Justice System page for additional information and links as well as our recommendations. The COVID-19 pandemic began to be recognized in Georgia in early March and the state officially began to…
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On Saturday we learned that we lost Carl Lewis, our friend and team member. Carl was a Georgia native and passionate civic tech activist in Savannah and he was one of the founding board members of Reform Georgia. Carl founded Open Savannah, a Code for America brigade that worked on creating civic tech solutions to…
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That’s right. It’s 2019 – and, women are done pretending we don’t have periods. Our government should be, too.
In October 2018, the Pretrial Justice Institute released the results of a state wide poll the organization conducted in Georgia that found that: 91 percent of registered voters in the state are dissatisfied with the criminal justice system and 66 percent want major change.” Pretrial Justice Institute These changing attitudes have been a developing trend…
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House Bill 340 introduced in the 2019-2020 legislative session of the Georgia General Assembly would place a requirement on all local governments so that anyone arrested for a crime would have to see a judge before being released and could not be released on a signatory bond or on their own recognizance. It would undo…
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Georgia ranks 35th in the nation for the affordability of a 15 minute call.” – PrisonPhoneJustice.org Many local city and county jails, along with Georgia’s state prison system, contract with private third-party companies that place equipment in the facility and manage communication services for incarcerated individuals. These companies generate revenue by charging high rates for…
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Ballot Question 4: Marsy’s Law Proves Hollow Amendment with Potential for Problems Your ballot will have five ballot questions regarding amendments to the state constitution, as well as two referenda questions. These amendments require approval by a public vote and had to be approved by 2/3 of the legislature to be put on the ballot.…
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