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For several decades, various cities and towns in the United States have adopted relocation programs offering homeless people one-way tickets to move elsewhere. [1] [2] Also referred to as "Greyhound therapy", [2] "bus ticket therapy" and "homeless dumping", [3] the practice was historically associated with small towns and rural counties, which had no shelters or other services, sending ...
After returning to Atlanta, Presley took odd jobs and lived in a homeless shelter. In August, he stole a five-round Taurus Raging Judge revolver from a car, with which he decided to commit robberies. On September 26, he boarded a bus and travelled to DeKalb County, where he came across 53-year-old Calvin Gholston, whom he shot three times.
Neighbors in DeKalb County told Channel 2 Action News they feel ‘powerless’ and ‘frustrated’ by criminal activity they see happening in their community.
The Peachtree-Pine homeless shelter was located at 477 Peachtree Street NE, at the corner of Pine Street in the SoNo subdistrict of Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States, just south of Midtown. It was officially closed on August 28, 2017, after many years of political wrangling over the site and its management.
The Pierce County Council seems to be increasing its oversight on the Human Services Department after a blunder that nearly caused the collapse of a system that serves as the county’s “front ...
The coalition tallied 461 unsheltered homeless people — a 250% increase from the 140 it counted in a three-day count in 2022, according to The Macon Newsroom. But, one organization is doing its ...
Mental illness in Alaska is a current epidemic that the state struggles to manage. The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness stated that as of January 2018, Alaska had an estimated 2,016 citizens experiencing homelessness on any given day while around 3,784 public school students experienced homelessness over the course of the year as well. [10]
The Old Atlanta Prison Farm is an abandoned, city-owned prison complex in southwest DeKalb County in the U.S. state of Georgia. From approximately 1920 to 1990, the farm was worked by prisoners to produce food for the region's prison system. [1] [2] There are limited historical records detailing the operation of the farm, especially after 1965. [2]