Georgia

American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia
70 Fairlie Street, Suite 340
Atlanta, GA 30303
info@acluga.org
Tel (404) 523 5398
The purpose of this Association is 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.

American Immigration Lawyers Association
9118 F St. NW
Washington, DC 20004
(800) 954-0254

Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Inc (AVLF)
Martin L. Ellin, Executive Director
1750 N. Tower
235 Peachtree St.
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 521-0790

Georgia Innocence Project
730 Peachtree St. NE, Suite 705
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 872-8236
Geographic area: Georgia
Types of cases: Actual innocence claims only. Concentrating on DNA cases, but will consider others.

Georgia Justice Project
438 Edgewood Ave
Atlanta, GA 30312
(404) 827-0027
Represents indigent individuals if they agree to accept counseling and support.

Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc.
104 Marietta St., Suite 250
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 206-5175

Georgia State University College of Law
Pro Bono Project
140 Decatur Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Southern Center for Human Rights
83 Poplar St., N.W.,
Atlanta, GA, 30303-2122
Tel (404) 688-1202
Attorneys at the Southern Center for Human Rights represent individuals facing the death penalty, as well as prisoners in class-action lawsuits that challenge unconstitutional treatment in prisons and jails.

Southern Juvenile Defender Center/Pro Bono Center
Emory University School of Law
1301 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-2072
Public interest advocacy center created by the National Juvenile Defender Center and is managed by the American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center in partnership with the Youth Law Center and the Juvenile Law Center. SJDC is one of nine regional affiliate centers incorporated into the design of the National Center in an effort to increase the capacity of the grassroots juvenile defense bar across the country.

State Bar of Georgia Pro Bono Project
Michael L. Monahan, Director
104 Marietta St. NW, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 527-8763

Support Organization:

CURE- Georgia
Po Box 23074
Savannah, GA 31403
(912) 231-1612
A nation-wide grass roots organization dedicated to reducing crime through reform of the criminal justice system.

Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
P.O. Box 55196
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 572-9461 - voicemail

Prisoner Ministries with Women, Inc.
P.O. Box 1911
Decatur, GA 30031-1911
(404) 622-4314

Prisoners with AIDS Rights Advocacy
 P.O. Box 2161
Jonesboro, GA 30237
(404) 946-9346.
Offers support, referrals, education and political lobbying for prisoners with aids.

State Mental Health Agency
Division of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse
Department of Human Resources
Karl H. Schwarzkopf, Ph.d, Director
2 Peachtree St., NW, Suite 22-224
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 657-2168

Education:

Books Through Bars
4722 Baltimore Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19143
(215) 727-0882 ext 2
Sends books to prisoners.

Updated June, 2005