April 25, 2011, New York – Today, Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vince Warren issued the following statement in response to the leaks of government allegations against 750...
September 1, 2016Today marks the one-year anniversary of the historic settlement in the federal class action lawsuit Ashker v. Governor of California . The case was filed in 2012 on behalf of prisoners in solitary...
December 24, 2018Trump's asylum ban blocked again by federal court and Supreme Court [caption align="right"] [/caption] Last week, a federal court again blocked the Trump administration's new asylum ban. Together...
Many Remain in Grave Danger, Advocates Say April 30, 2020, Alexandria, Louisiana – A federal judge has recommended the release of 13 medically vulnerable people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
March 15, 2021Biden drops Trump-era public charge rule appeal! [caption align="right"] [/caption] Immigrant families can now access life-saving health care, food, and housing assistance for which they are eligible...
As lawsuit against private landowners proceeds, Gullah Geechee community can now access cemetery for funerals and maintenance February 23, 2026, Beaufort, SC – After a hearing in December 2025, a...
CCR Board President Jules Lobel will speak about the relationship between the legal and political struggle against solitary confinement in California at an event with Legal Services for Prisoners...
Updated: July 30, 2014
In 2002, Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen, was detained at a U.S. airport on his way home from a family trip. He was interrogated by U.S. officials about alleged links to al-Qaeda and was repeatedly...
Updated: November 5, 2010
In April 2014, hundreds of documents detailing the process for designating and keeping prisoners in Federal Bureau of Prisons Communications Management Units (CMUs) were made public for the first...
Updated: August 7, 2014
March 2009Among George W. Bush’s controversial legal maneuvers was a repackaging of the notion of “enemy combatant.” If the President determined a person was an “enemy combatant,” the Bush Justice lawyers...
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