Informed Georgians for Justice

Educating Georgia Voters about the Impact of Local Sheriffs, District Attorneys and Solicitors. Partnering with Georgia NAACP.

[Informed Georgians for Justice @InformedGA]

There are 11 District Attorney elections in Georgia this year.

Only 2 races are contested.#gapol

[Informed Georgians for Justice @InformedGA]

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[Vote to Stop Cop City @CopCityVote]

We have 60 days to collect 75,000 petition signatures from Atlanta registered voters. After the referendum is approved, it will be on the ballot this November. Join us to help collect signatures and mobilize Atlantans to vote in November! https://t.co/QHkKejanhb #stopcopcity

[Southern Center for Human Rights @southerncenter]

As we celebrate mothers today, we remember the thousands upon thousands of mothers facing another year separated from their children, for whom staying connected with family becomes more difficult as prisons and jails restrict access to visits, mail and electronic communications.

[trip eggert (@tripeggert on Bluesky) @tripeggert]

bad local crime reporting literally ruins society, my guys. this Post story about a New Yorker in obvious crisis murdered, by chokehold, by another passenger FOR YELLING + REMOVING HIS JACKET both neglects to name the man who died and ends on a quote framing the killer as a hero.

[Wilborn P. Nobles III @WilNobles]

Fulton County sheriff sued for contempt after inmate’s death last year https://t.co/2x64FjOSQO

[Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi]

In the past few months we've learned of:
- a man starving to death in an Arkansas jail
- a man starving to death in an Indiana jail
- a man being eaten alive by bugs in a Georgia jail

All three were being held pretrial.

[david shapiro @ShapiroTweets]

Proud that my law review article was useful to John Oliver and @LastWeekTonight in a blistering (but fair) critique yesterday of the horrors of solitary confinement. Also, wait, people read law review articles?
https://t.co/9lXFlXaPso

[WABE News @wabenews]

Georgia lawmakers won’t require cash bail for more crimes after all, failing to pass a bill that would have imposed bail for offenses including misdemeanor marijuana possession. Gov. Brian Kemp was a backer of the measure. #gapol
https://t.co/k3VqmjoYYl

[Greg Bluestein @bluestein]

The Jolt: “Judges have an oversight committee. Why not DAs?” An embattled Athens prosecutor fuels the GOP’s ‘accountability’ push #gapol https://t.co/qG6Tu8VTme

[Dom Kelly @the_tattooedjew]

Reporters - you can’t accurately cover voting rights and election laws if you’re not including a disability perspective. Disabled people are disproportionately impacted by anti-voting laws. Do better please.

[Aaron Littman / aaronlittman.bsky.social @aaronlittman]

As reported on the front page of today’s @nytimes, @uclaprisondata has just launched our carceral mortality database, containing the first comprehensive accounting of deaths in prison in 2020, during the first year of the pandemic. https://t.co/p5cJJI16FK

[tyler, the reporter @ByTylerEstep]

DeKalb DA Sherry Boston is recusing her office from the eventual decision whether or not to file charges in the officer involved shooting at the training center. The GBI is still conducting the investigation, but...

[Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative @PADatlanta]

PAD is hiring! https://t.co/PhXDVxDvUz

Openings: Care Navigator/Caseworker, Clinical Advocate, Community Engagement Specialist, Communications/Events Specialist, Harm Reduction Specialist, Human Resources Generalist, Legal Navigation Manager, Living Room Manager & Peer Advocate

[Georgia Justice Project @gajustice]

Thank you @stan_government and @GeorgiaRecorder for this article on efforts to ensure people with records have a fair chance to obtain licenses to work!

[Adrienne Annice 🍑🫐🐦🐝 @LadyA08]

Voted more times than a Fulton County voter in 2020-21🤣🗳

[Greg Bluestein @bluestein]

“It’s poetic justice.” John Lewis statue to be placed where Confederate monument once stood #gapol https://t.co/sSosiqvwk8

[Isaac G. Bryan @ib2_real]

All I want for Christmas is for us to recognize that every dollar we spend criminalizing homelessness is a dollar we could’ve better spent on housing, care, and economic opportunity.

[Informed Georgians for Justice @InformedGA]

@helenprejean This is a bright light in what can sometimes feel like a dark battle. Thank you for sharing.

[Informed Georgians for Justice @InformedGA]

In Georgia, “nearly 1,000 people have died in local jails and state and federal prisons since October 2019. Causes include illness, homicide, suicide, accidents and use of force by police. Many who died had preexisting mental and physical illnesses.”

https://t.co/wY7umRfMs0

[Informed Georgians for Justice @InformedGA]

Nobody should go to prison because they don’t have access to mental health care.

[Sean Keenan @ThatSeanKeenan]

This was written 32 years ago! Sounds familiar, huh?
https://t.co/B7RCAAY8hK