Resource: Civil Rights Organizations Dismiss Covid Lawsuit; Advocate for Depopulation of Crowded and Dangerous Clayton County Jail

Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights and the ACLU of Georgia moved to dismiss Jones v. Hill, a lawsuit about COVID precautions filed on behalf of people detained in the Clayton County Jail. The litigation, which was filed in July of 2020, asked the court to require jail officials to take immediate steps to prevent and mitigate the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the jail. While the lawsuit is being dismissed based on the shift in pandemic circumstances, the dire conditions and dangers inside the Clayton County Jail persist, and the people caged inside remain unsafe.