CCR urges the New York State Court of Appeals to hear a case filed by the Nonhuman Right Project, seeking the release of a captive chimpanzee under New York habeas corpus law.
This month the Tribeca film festival will be premiering the new film SOLITARY , directed by Kristi Jacobson, which gives an unprecedented glimpse into what life in solitary confinement looks like for...
The Center for Constitutional Rights’ story begins in the Mississippi Delta working together with Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the most powerful figures in the Black Freedom Struggle. Throughout her life...
July 10, 2024, Buffalo, NY – Yesterday, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights , Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York , New York Civil Liberties Union , the Center for Constitutional Rights , and Justice...
... More importantly, the policy's definition of "reasonable suspicion" has not been sufficiently defined to prevent stops of people on baseless observations, making it impossible to implement...
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...
Fox News responded to the CCR's letter on Friday, January 21, 2011. Scroll down to read Fox News' response. January 20, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued...
February 19, 2010, New York – In response to the release of the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) report on the conduct of the lawyers involved in crafting...
