In recent years, the privatization of misdemeanor probation services has emerged as a contentious issue in Georgia. While the intent behind probation is to offer a form of community supervision for individuals who require monitoring, the introduction of for-profit entities into this space has dramatically shifted its landscape. The Rise of For-Profit Probation Companies The…
We’ve all heard about the infamous “Purge Law”, also formally known as the SAFE-T Act, that took headlines by storm in early 2022. Rumors have swirled around ever since and there’s been plenty of debate about whether or not the SAFE-T Act is a good or bad thing, as well as what all it actually…
America: Land of The Free The United States of America is number one. We are number one in the world at locking up our own people. It has become so prevalent there’s a term for the phenomenon, mass incarceration. America has less than 5% of the world’s population but is home to 20% of the…
Like many of you, the RED team recently watched the above interview featuring Mr. Rayshard Brooks. The interview was filmed just 4 months before he was shot and killed by Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe. The video was released by the New York-based REFORM Alliance, a criminal justice organization that is working in Georgia and…
Voting is a constitutional right to be exercised. With society’s current riots, protests, and upheavals stemming from the Black community feeling as if they are not being treated as equal, valued citizens of our America country, we will examine how our system got its start, how it measures up compared to other countries around world,…
As we continue our discussions of police violence, one policy objective we should be focused on is how to critically assess and evaluate the power held by police unions. One week after the murder of George Floyd, Bob Kroll, the President of the Minneapolis Police Union released a statement claiming that the four officers responsible…
Second photo: Gregory McMichael and the District Attorney of Glynn County, Jackie Johnson. Jackie Johnson was the first DA to hear about the case and choose not to pursue charges against the McMichaels. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has released “new” footage to the public in the Ahmaud Arbery case. While it is considered new to us in the public,…
“Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. The killing of an unarmed black man in Georgia has sparked outrage across the country as it has now been…
by Carlton Lewis The new coronavirus, or COVID-19, is among us and it has reached pandemic levels. Mayors, city and government officials, all the way up to President Trump have mandated limiting the size of gatherings and practicing social distancing. Why? Because the new coronavirus spreads at its quickest in environments with close quarters. The settings most…
I recently came across an article that contained strong opinions about the current trend of states passing laws to eliminate cash bail and pretrial detention. The source in the article focused on extreme, isolated incidences where an individual while awaiting further court action, had been released from jail and went on to get into additional…