ACLU of GA
ACLU October 5, 2010
Dear ACLU of Georgia Supporter:

Debbie Seagraves
From Debbie Seagraves
Executive Director
 
 
Criminalizaing Poverty
 
Yesterday, the National Prison Project and the Racial Justice Program released the report In for a Penny: The Rise of America's New Debtors' Prisons.  This report presents the results of a yearlong investigation into modern-day "debtors' prisons" in Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, Michigan and Washington, and shows that poor defendants in these states are being jailed at increasingly alarming rates for failing to pay legal debts they can never hope to afford. The report documents the realities of today's debtors' prisons with a focus on the experiences of impacted individuals, and provides state and local governments, and courts with a more sensible path.  The entire report can be found here, the executive summary can be found here.
 
We're hoping that when you read the report, you will want to share information about it with your community as well.  To help you with that we have a blog post, Facebook feed  and a Twitter feed.  The report has been covered in Newsweek and USA Today, with additional television and radio coverage in the five states featured in the report as well as in other parts of the country.
Mission
The purpose of this Association shall be to advance the cause of civil liberties in Georgia,
with emphasis on the rights of free speech, free press, free assembly, freedom of religion,
due process of law and to take all legitimate action in the furtherance of such purposes without political partisanship.
 
 
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