September 1, 2015After decades of holding thousands of inmates in concrete, sometimes windowless isolation cells, where some stayed for 20 years or more, California prison officials are about to drastically reduce...
A federal class action lawsuit against the City of New York that challenges the NYPD's practices of racial profiling and unconstitutional stop and frisks.
Updated: January 21, 2026
March 12, 2013, Washington D.C. — Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights provided expert testimony at a thematic hearing about the unfolding humanitarian crisis at Guantánamo before...
WHAT : Accountability Today – Preventing Torture Tomorrow A panel discussion featuring the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, legal experts, and special video testimonials from victims of the U...
Updated: May 31, 2011
“The best way for the American people to send a message to the Bush administration and the world that ‘we the people’ of the United States do not condone torture is to mobilize to reject the...
CCR is thrilled to have a workshop, Letters from Detention: Performance...
Updated: October 11, 2017
Join us at 9 a.m. on March 12 in D.C. for a critical thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to address the unfolding humanitarian crisis at Guantánamo...
Updated: March 4, 2013
A habeas corpus petition on behalf of the only Guantánamo detainee who the government has openly admitted was tortured.
Updated: April 4, 2022
June 23, 2017To mark the 23rd of the month, invoking the 23 hours per day that prisoners spend isolated in special housing units, activists throughout California are taking action to bring attention to prison...
In recent years and into the current Trump administration, both the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agencies have contracted with technology companies...
Updated: October 30, 2025
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