Carla Simmons

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Georgia Democrats Alarmed by Low Black Early Voter Turnout

Oct 29, 2024 | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Chauncey Alcorn |Matt Reynolds |Sydney Sims |Carla Simmons

State Rep. Carl Gilliard, D-Savannah, joined an emergency Zoom call with about 70 other Black Georgia faith leaders Monday night to discuss their concerns about the state’s latest early voting figures. Most prominent leaders of the state’s Black faith community have thrown their support behind Vice President Kamala Harris in her White House race against former President Donald Trump.
Atlanta Named Best U.S. City for Black Homebuyers

Oct 28, 2024 | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Matt Reynolds |Chauncey Alcorn |Sydney Sims |Carla Simmons

This story was originally published by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. New research published earlier this month found Atlanta is the best city for Black people who want to get on the housing ladder.
Obama Joins Harris in Georgia to Energize Black Voters

Oct 25, 2024 | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Chauncey Alcorn |Sydney Sims |Carla Simmons

Disha Williams drove all the way down from Columbia, South Carolina, on Thursday to sell T-shirts, buttons, and hats at the latest Kamala Harris rally in Clarkston, about 10 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. The 40-year-old entrepreneur and her husband started their family printing company in 2008, the year Barack Obama’s likeness helped retail business owners across the country earn small fortunes peddling similar political apparel.
How Georgia Arrests Innocent Women

Oct 25, 2024 | truthdig.com | Carla Simmons

This story is co-published with Capital B Atlanta, which is part of Capital B, a Black-led, nonprofit local and national news organization reporting for Black communities across the country. Follow them on Twitter @CapitalB_ATL and sign up for their weekly newsletter. A law in Georgia allows prosecutors to charge people for crimes they never committed. I know this firsthand—I was charged under this law and have been incarcerated for the last 20 years.
The Georgia Law That Causes Women to Serve Time for Other People's Crimes

Oct 24, 2024 | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Carla Simmons |Chauncey Alcorn

This story was published in partnership with The Appeal, a nonprofit newsroom covering the criminal-legal system. A law in Georgia allows prosecutors to charge people for crimes they never committed. I know this firsthand — I was charged under this law and have been incarcerated for the last 20 years. In 2004, I was with three young men who devised a plan to rob a man after their attempts to use me in a sex trafficking scheme failed. They lost control of the robbery, which then escalated to murder.
COVID-19 is far from over for the incarcerated

Mar 12, 2024 | prismreports.org | Carla Simmons

When I first heard about the coronavirus in early 2020, I braced myself, thinking about its unchecked spread and our vulnerability to disease behind bars. Four years later, as I remain incarcerated, I watch as the pandemic continues to damage our incarcerated community. Despite the false and damaging narrative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and many news outlets that COVID is over, it continues to infect life in corrections.
Surgery in Shackles

Feb 6, 2024 | lux-magazine.com | Huanhuan Wang |Carla Simmons

I arrived at the hospital in shackles. I’ve always been very proud of my slender ankles, but that morning, I cursed them. Before leaving the prison, the transport officers fitted me in handcuffs with a long chain around my waist attached to the manacles around my feet. I couldn’t feel them seated in the van on the way from the prison. It was only with the weight of my body that the pain began, step-by-step.
Carla J. Simmons

Jan 17, 2024 | truthout.org | Carla Simmons

Carla J. Simmons has been incarcerated in the state of Georgia since 2004. She holds an associate degree in Positive Human Development and Social Change from Life University and is a member of the Justice Arts Coalition. She has contributed to Scalawag as an author and artist, as well as “Rattling the Bars” on the Real News Network and the 2024 edition of The Other Almanac. She takes seriously the work of social justice and has become passionate about trauma in the carceral system.
You searched for Carla Simmons – Scalawag

Aug 31, 2023 | scalawagmagazine.org | Zeb Larson |Carla Simmons |Gabrielle A. Perry

Posted inRACE & PLACE Kelly Gissendaner spent 17 years on death row before being executed by the state of Georgia in 2015. She spent those years transforming her life through education, faith, and community. A close friend she made in prison shares the story of her life and death.