CCR submitted written testimony for a thematic hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on race and criminal justice in the United States. CCR's testimony touched on several...
Updated: July 13, 2015
*Updated March 2017* Download this factsheet as a PDF. What is Solitary Confinement? Today, tens of thousands of individuals across the country are detained in near-total solitude for between 22 and...
Updated: March 15, 2018
For almost two decades through litigation, legislative advocacy, research, and social movement support, CCR has challenged and sought to reform abusive and discriminatory policing policies and...
Updated: July 12, 2016
On September 14, 2012, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted a statement before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Democratic Policy Committee on the Effects of Solitary...
Updated: September 20, 2012
March 14, 2013, Oakland – Today, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal judge to reject California’s attempt to dismiss a class action lawsuit challenging...
In January 2016, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent conducted a fact-finding mission to the United States. CCR co-coordinated the Working Group's visit to New York City, and...
Updated: September 15, 2016
February 1, 2016Last month, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent conducted a fact-finding mission to the United States to document human rights violations against people of African descent in...
An oversight hearing about solitary confinement in California is scheduled for Monday, February 25, 2013. The hearing will be chaired by Tom Ammiano, chair of the Public Safety Committee. In May 2012...
Updated: February 21, 2013
March 21, 2016Photo credit: US Human Rights Network
June 23, 2015It is well-known that the United States incarcerates more people than any other country. While the US makes up only 5% of the global population, it holds a quarter of the world's prisoners. The US’s...
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