As its on-going celebration of the updated sixth edition of the Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook , Center for Constitutional Rights Co-author and Senior Legal Worker Ian Head speaks with a number of...
Updated: August 25, 2021
February 2, 2016On February 2, 2012, after NYPD officers unlawfully entered into his home without a warrant, probable cause, or any other legal justification, NYPD officer Richard Haste shot and killed 18-year-old...
December 6, 2017, Baton Rouge, LA — Today, a broad base of Louisiana advocacy groups opposed to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline, represented by the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR),...
Join CCR and Maysles Cinema for a screening and discussion of "Citizenfour" as part of an Oscar Buzz series. After the film, CCR Senior Staff Attorney Shane Kadidal will provide context...
Updated: February 3, 2015
November 5, 2015CCR’s long-standing challenge to the experimental prison units known as Communication Management Units , or “CMUs,” got an important boost this week with the filing of two separate friend-of-the-...
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
August 1, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in anticipation of President Obama’s meeting with President Hadi of Yemen at...
Attorney for State Police Threatens Community Leaders with Felonies Carrying up to 15 Years Imprisonment if They Attempt to Walk Across Bridges May 31, 2019, Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Today, a judge...
June 11, 2024Biden’s attacks on asylum seekers are all the more disgraceful because many are fleeing problems that the United States created
Join CCR to pack the court on February 3rd in Boston for oral arguments in Blum v. Holder , our legal challenge to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) as an infringement on free speech. CCR...
Updated: January 24, 2014
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