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Incarceration and Child Support Debt – We Want to Hear From You!
September 16, 2019 in Uncategorized
Have you or someone you know been incarcerated for failure to pay child support? Has mounting debt caused you to lose your job and ability to care for yourself and your kids? We want to hear from you! Georgia Justice Project is working to end this practice of debt-based imprisonment. In Georgia, unpayable child support debt deepens and solidifies cycles of poverty and incarceration, barring people from employment and leaving children abandoned. GJP wants to hear directly from people and … read more Incarceration and Child Support Debt – We Want to Hear From You!
2019 Summer Intern Reflection – Natalie Savoie Cauley
September 13, 2019 in Intern Stories
My time at GJP has been absolutely wonderful – the people, the work, the culture, all of it. I came into this summer interested in criminal defense but unsure, and this experience cemented my desire to become a public defender! And then, once I get a few years of that experience under my belt, hopefully end up at an organization like GJP. I knew this when I was sitting in court on my birthday, next to one of our clients, … read more 2019 Summer Intern Reflection – Natalie Savoie Cauley
2019 Summer Intern Reflection – Whitney Westbrook
September 13, 2019 in Intern Stories
I’ll start this reflection with the classic, “where do I begin?” Because it’s true. As you all are probably well aware of by now, I have lots of energy. In my freshman year at college, I crafted a lifestyle for myself where I ran two to three times a day, and even though I had internships and class, I was never in the same place for more than four hours. Needless to say, I was terrified of having a 9-5 … read more 2019 Summer Intern Reflection – Whitney Westbrook
2019 Summer Intern Reflection – Martha Selph
September 13, 2019 in Intern Stories
My favorite parts of my summer at GJP were the field trips we got to take. I found the Medical Examiner’s office, the trip to Montgomery, my jail visit with Atoyia, and our lunch with the Chief Justice particularly memorable and powerful experiences. I enjoyed the responsibility of getting to work the front desk and also getting to chance to go into court with Rachel and Atoyia. I learned a lot from these first hand experiences and they have only … read more 2019 Summer Intern Reflection – Martha Selph
2019 Summer Intern Reflection – Margaret Studdard
September 13, 2019 in Intern Stories
This summer I’ve learned an overwhelming amount about the basics of criminal defense, which was what I expected going into the internship. However, I also learned about really surprising aspects of the system in Georgia like the use of license suspensions to punish FTAs and child support debt. It has been eye opening to really see in intimate detail how the criminal justice system can trap individuals in a cycle and make it nearly impossible for them to succeed in … read more 2019 Summer Intern Reflection – Margaret Studdard
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