Chamian Cruz
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WABE's Criminal Justice Reporter 🎙️ | reposts≠endorsement | ccruz@wabe.org 💌 | Hablo español 🇲🇽🇺🇸
"Georgia can help cover expenses for crime survivors, but hurdles exist." Story dropped Oct. 22, 2025. www.wabe.org/georgia-can-...
Georgia can help cover expenses for crime survivors, but hurdles exist
Every state has a program to reimburse victims of violent crimes and their families for unexpected expenses such as burials, mental health counseling and lost wages, but many in Georgia may be missing...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Georgia can help cover expenses for crime survivors, but hurdles exist." Story dropped Oct. 22, 2025. www.wabe.org/georgia-can-...
"Inside the violent Fulton County Jail, it's the very sick and vulnerable who are dying." New documents obtained by me offer a glimpse into the health and care that people behind bars received just before they died this year. Story dropped Oct. 16, 2025. www.wabe.org/inside-the-v...
Inside the violent Fulton County Jail, it's the very sick and vulnerable who are dying
The sheriff's office has reported four deaths at the Fulton County Jail this year, but autopsy reports show at least a fifth, Rodney Wilson, whose death was classified as an accident by the medical ex...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Inside the violent Fulton County Jail, it's the very sick and vulnerable who are dying." New documents obtained by me offer a glimpse into the health and care that people behind bars received just before they died this year. Story dropped Oct. 16, 2025. www.wabe.org/inside-the-v...
For a decade, the Fulton County Public Defender’s Office and the United Way of Greater Atlanta have joined forces to help people recently released from jail with a place to land. Now some worry it faces a difficult path forward. Story dropped July 29, 2025. www.wabe.org/atlanta-base...
Atlanta-based program helps men rebuild their lives, disrupting the jail-to-homelessness pipeline
The CaringWorks Hope House is a 70-bed facility that supports adult men from across the state who have experienced homelessness and are in recovery from substance abuse. But it's bracing for the effec...
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July 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
For a decade, the Fulton County Public Defender’s Office and the United Way of Greater Atlanta have joined forces to help people recently released from jail with a place to land. Now some worry it faces a difficult path forward. Story dropped July 29, 2025. www.wabe.org/atlanta-base...
A new law in Georgia gives domestic violence survivors increased opportunities to argue that they acted in self-defense before and after they've already been serving time in prison. Story dropped July 2, 2025. www.wabe.org/georgia-offe...
New Georgia law offers domestic violence survivors pathway out of prison
Georgia's Survivor Justice Act, which took effect on Tuesday, gives domestic violence survivors increased opportunities to argue that they acted in self-defense.
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July 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A new law in Georgia gives domestic violence survivors increased opportunities to argue that they acted in self-defense before and after they've already been serving time in prison. Story dropped July 2, 2025. www.wabe.org/georgia-offe...
For NPR: A journalist in Georgia who livestreamed his own arrest while covering a No Kings protest is still fighting deportation to El Salvador. He is authorized to live and work in the U.S. Story dropped June 25. www.npr.org/2025/06/25/n...
Salvadoran journalist arrested in Georgia is fighting deportation in ICE detention
A Salvadoran journalist was arrested in Georgia while covering a protest. He ended up in ICE detention and is awaiting a deportation hearing.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
For NPR: A journalist in Georgia who livestreamed his own arrest while covering a No Kings protest is still fighting deportation to El Salvador. He is authorized to live and work in the U.S. Story dropped June 25. www.npr.org/2025/06/25/n...
The Gwinnett County Public Library’s New Start Entrepreneurship Incubator program supports a growing but largely overlooked subset of aspirational entrepreneurs who have struggled to find work after getting out of prison. Story dropped April 28. www.wabe.org/after-prison...
After prison, Gwinnett library teaches people how to become their own boss
The Gwinnett County Public Library’s New Start Entrepreneurship Incubator program supports a growing but largely overlooked subset of aspirational entrepreneurs who have struggled to find work after g...
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April 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Gwinnett County Public Library’s New Start Entrepreneurship Incubator program supports a growing but largely overlooked subset of aspirational entrepreneurs who have struggled to find work after getting out of prison. Story dropped April 28. www.wabe.org/after-prison...
In the last few decades, women’s incarceration has grown more rapidly than men’s, according to Vera Institute of Justice. Georgia nonprofit Motherhood Beyond Bars aims to stop the cycle by supporting infants born to incarcerated mothers. Story dropped April 8. www.wabe.org/judges-are-h...
‘Judges are hungry for this’: Georgia nonprofit is helping moms in prison reunite with their kids and reducing recidivism
Over the last several decades, women’s incarceration has grown much more rapidly than men’s, especially in rural areas, according to the Vera Institute of Justice. Georgia nonprofit Motherhood Beyond ...
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April 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
In the last few decades, women’s incarceration has grown more rapidly than men’s, according to Vera Institute of Justice. Georgia nonprofit Motherhood Beyond Bars aims to stop the cycle by supporting infants born to incarcerated mothers. Story dropped April 8. www.wabe.org/judges-are-h...