Join the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) this Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. as we take a stand against the discriminatory hiring practices of the Fire Department of New York’s (FDNY)...
Updated: March 17, 2009
Last month, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) celebrated a major victory when we won an injunction in ACORN v. USA against Congress’ unconstitutional de-funding of the Association of...
Updated: April 15, 2010
CCR is a proud co-sponsoring organization of the LA Urban Congress organized by Right to the City. For more information, please visit the LA Urban Congress website . On September 12-14th, community...
Updated: September 11, 2012
CCR is pleased to participate in the Students for Liberty New York City Regional Conference. CCR Advocacy Program Manager Nahal Zamani will speak on their Civil Liberties Panel about NYPD Stop and...
Updated: October 26, 2012
The Center for Constitutional Rights invites you to a special performance of " Lyrics from Lockdown ." Created and performed by Bryonn Bain, “Lyrics from Lockdown” is a powerful...
Updated: February 22, 2013
Last year, prisoners conducted a sixty day hunger strike to protest the inhumane conditions and brutal long-term confinement within California’s Secure Housing Units (SHUs). Their courage and...
Updated: February 10, 2014
The U.S. Drug War has fueled mass incarceration and discriminatory policing practices in the U.S. as well as violence and militarization throughout Latin America. This panel will bring together...
Updated: February 20, 2014
Q: Why should we lower the rates? If people in prison don’t want expensive calls, they should not break the law. A: People in prison do not pay for the collect calls. That burden falls to the...
Updated: January 11, 2010
*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
The NYPD's Surveillance and Targeting of Muslims in New Jersey Download the factsheet on the NYPD's Surveillance and Targeting of Muslims in New Jersey (updated Feb. 2015) here . What is the NYPD...
Updated: March 4, 2016
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