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“We’ve read a lot the past few years about how disproportionately African-Americans have been hit by the recession and weak recovery – the unemployment rate for blacks is still around 13 percent, far above the national average. Well, today comes a disclosure affirming what some have been arguing for some time is a big driver of [...]

“Across much of the country, sealing or clearing a criminal record after a wrongful conviction is a tangled and expensive process, advocates and former prisoners say. It can take years of appeals to courts and pleas to governors to wipe the slate clean. Even then, many felony convictions remain on federal databases and pop up [...]

AJC’s recent article, “Georgia to Focus on Inmate Rehabilitation”, discusses the efforts Governor Deal is putting forth to transition inmates into society after serving their time in prison by offering job training for inmates. GJP’s Doug Ammar states in the article “This is the first time in 25 years we’ve seen significant changes and policy [...]

The Georgia Justice Project is proud to present our new video which describes the work we do.  Special thanks to the Lords of Sapelo and all of those who participated in the video.

This New York Times article, “Prison and Poverty Trap”  tells the story of one family’s struggles with poverty as the husband is incarcerated. “Basically, I was locked up with him.  My mind was locked up.  My life was locked up.  Our daughters grew up without their father.”    

Von Dubose with Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore talks about his pro-bono work with the Georgia Justice Project in this article.   http://www.gabar.org/publicservice/volunteer-of-the-month.cfm   

  GJP hosted our first MLK Day Supper on January 21, 2013 where we recognized Hillside Presbyterian Church – First Presbyterian Church Partnership Ministry for their support of our Prison Visitation program.   Many of our clients who are incarcerated are in rural areas – very far from their families.  Transportation becomes very challenging for [...]