April 2011A treasure trove of newly discovered documents about detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has revived familiar questions: Were too many innocent men incarcerated there ove...
Byrd v. Goord is a civil rights case that challenged the collect-call only telephone service for prison inmates operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS). On March 21...
Updated: October 20, 2007
Panelist: Darius Charney , Center for Constitutional Rights Jesus Gonzales , Make the Road- New York 's Youth Power Project Robert Perry , New York Civil Liberties Union Retired law enforcement...
Updated: September 27, 2010
August 2007Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees' alleged that U.S. violated its own rules in the Combatant Status Review Tribunals after it labeled hundreds of prisoners as enemy combatants.
March 2006On June 28,2004, the Supreme Court declared that, in Rasul v. Bush, 14 enemy combatants held in Guantanamo Bay could challenge their imprisonment in a federal court.
April 2007After drawing wide criticism for attempting to prohibit basic right's of detainees, the U.S. declared it would not limit detainees' visits with attorneys.
March 2007The New York State Court of appeals will allow a lawsuit filed by CCR to proceed, which challenges the constitutionality of the NYSDOCS prison telephone contract.
January 2007Governor Eliot Spitzer says excessive telephone charges paid by the families of state inmates will be reduced by April to the cost of regular calls.
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