In February of 2000 CCR filed Wright v. Corrections Corporation of America , a nationwide class action lawsuit, seeking to enjoin, declare illegal, and recoup damages resulting from conspiracies...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Safe Streets/Strong Communities are convening an expert hearing panel to examine the role of policing in the reconstruction of New Orleans, LA. Time 10:...
There has been dramatic growth in the number of people held in local jails in New York State in the last decade, with the total capacity of jails in upstate New York and Long Island increasing by 20...
A class action lawsuit that challenged New York State’s monopoly telephone contract with MCI/Verizon that forced family members and friends of prisoners to pay exorbitant collect calling rates to...
Since 1999, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has been fighting on the ground and in the courts to end the exploitative telephone contract between New York State and MCI/Verizon which...
As the NYC council and criminal justice advocates examine the NYPD's stop-and-frisk statistics report, experts insist that the department still hasn't fulfilled its reporting requirements.
The New York State Court of appeals will allow a lawsuit filed by CCR to proceed, which challenges the constitutionality of the NYSDOCS prison telephone contract.
A ruling by the State Court of Appeals overturned decisions by lower courts and ruled that a lower court must hear a suit filed by families of inmates, alleging that the state illegally charged...
