• MEDIA ADVISORY: Atlanta-area park carelessly destroyed: Bulldozer & cops escorted out of the Atlanta Forest

    Neighbors of the Atlanta ForestFor immediate releaseMarch 9, 2022 Contact: atlforestneighbors@protonmail.com Atlanta-area park carelessly destroyed: Bulldozer & cops escorted out of the Atlanta Forest On Monday, May 9, around 9:15am, people inhabiting the Atlanta Forest witnessed a bulldozer accompanied by two Dekalb County cops bulldozing a path in Intrenchment Creek Park – a public Dekalb… Read more

  • City of ATL land purchase record

    These documents are from the Dekalb county courthouse. City of ATL purchased the land known as the prison farm on Nov 10, 1911 for $15,000. Read more

  • Open letter to ATL city council & the APF

    Hello, We are extremely concerned at the inaccuracies laid out in the Terracon Cultural Report for the PSTC.  As per our report that we shared with city council last year, we state how the report “An Historical Analysis Of The Atlanta Prison Farm” written in 1999 by Jillian Wootten is written from the perspective of someone who thought the… Read more

  • 1860 slave census record for George Key

    This record shows that George Key enslave 19 people, who acquired the land we know as the prison farm through land lottery after it was stolen from the Muscogee people. We’ve noted that there is a middle initial “P” listed, we feel confident this is the same George Key as he was the only George… Read more

  • Brief Historical Timeline of the “Prison Farm” land P2

    Time as a prison farm to present- By Atlanta Community Press Collective. For further context read our report “A brief history of the Atlanta City Prison Farm”. Note: This is a working document with information added to it as more history is uncovered. Introduction: Run as a city prison farm uninterrupted from 19221 to somewhere… Read more

  • Brief Historical Timeline of the “Prison Farm” land P1

    Muscogee land- By Lily Ponitz. For further information watch her presentation “Deep Dive: Atlanta City Prison Farm From the Archaic to Now” 8,000 BC – 1,000 BC The property is on naturally resource-rich land in the South River watershed, a headwaters of the Ocmulgee/Altamaha river system, one of the three largest river basins on the… Read more

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: No Permit? “Cop City” Project Doesn’t Seem to Care

    For Immediate Release January 28, 2022 Contact: defendatlforest@protonmail.com MEDIA ADVISORY: No Permit? “Cop City” Project Doesn’t Seem to Care Atlanta Police Foundation Potentially in Violation of County and State Land Disturbance Codes By: Defend the Atlanta Forest & movement members Edit: 1/28/22 11:55am, contact information has been updated ATLANTA – Despite widespread public opposition, the… Read more

  • Cop City Environmental Reports Critical Review & Statement

    Cop City Environmental Reports Critical Review & Statement

    The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Development Team is Misleading Stakeholders Regarding Environmental Assessments and Avoiding Due Diligence by Lily Ponitz Introduction I am an environmental engineer, formerly registered as a professional engineer in Georgia, and worked for seven years in consulting for private-sector clients. My work revolved primarily around emerging water contaminants, doing design,… Read more

  • A brief history of the Atlanta City Prison Farm

    Slave Labor, Overcrowding, and Unmarked Graves — The Buried History of Atlanta City Prison Farm from the 1950s to 1990s Shows It’s No Place of Honor The official histories of the Atlanta Prison Farm paint a rosy picture of “respect,” “trust,” “reform,” and “the dignity of work.” But digging deeper reveals a much darker history… Read more