On November 12th at Northeastern University, CCR Advocacy Program Manager Nahal Zamani will present her research on the powerful psychological effects of violations of ecnomic, social and cultural...
Updated: February 7, 2014
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...
October 9, 2017This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
March 1, 2021Biden must rescind Trump-era public charge rules As we exceed 500,000 COVID deaths, the Trump administration’s discriminatory and unlawful public charge rule continues to create fear and deter people...
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
A civil rights lawsuit which challenged the State of Illinois’ practice of creating exclusive agreements with telephone companies for inmate telephone service.
Updated: October 9, 2007
April 25, 2017Arkansas’ horror show continued last night with the first double execution carried out in the state since September 1999, of Jack Harold Jones and Marcel Williams. [1] No state had performed a double...
A suit on behalf of the Oneida Nation of New York against the U.S. Department of the Interior, charging that the government violated the Oneidas’ national sovereignty. The suit alleged that the...
Updated: February 10, 2012
February 14, 2017 The Center for Constitutional Rights (“CCR”) urges New York state legislators to support proposed legislation ( A.5617 ). This bill is an important step to codify and strengthen the...
Updated: February 16, 2017
July 11, 2014, New York – Last night, dozens of organizations and individuals representing diverse interests and faiths filed amicus briefs in support of a lawsuit challenging the blanket...
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