Arguments will be held on May 12th on whether California violated the settlement in our case, Ashker v. Governor , a federal class-action lawsuit on behalf of prisoners held in the Security...
Join us for a community-centered online briefing with Center for Constitutional Rights cooperating attorneys Jules Lobel and Samuel Miller following the court argument for Ashker v...
June 5, 2020 To: Marjorie McKeithen Counsel for FG LA, LLC Jones Walker Re: Juneteenth Ceremony on Buena Vista Plantation Cemetery Ms. McKeithen: In my May 22, 2020, letter, I advised that RISE St...
Join us on May 30th for JUSTICE BEATS : a virtual music festival to benefit communities in urgent need. All day we will be amplifying musicians, DJs, and other artists working to support their...
New Letter from Formosa Plastics Denies Access to Burial Grounds of Enslaved People May 22, 2020, St. James, LA — St. James residents today re-asserted their rights to visit burial grounds on...
Moratorium Requested on NYPD Social-Distancing Enforcement May 26, 2020, New York, NY - Today, the attorneys behind two of the three landmark class action lawsuits that challenged the NYPD’s stop-and...
Background The East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in Louisiana is designed to hold approximately 1,600 individuals. There are more than 1,200 people currently imprisoned there—even after community...
Advocates Warn Outbreak Is Imminent Inside Prison May 27, 2020, Baton Rouge, LA – Today, several civil rights and racial justice groups filed a federal lawsuit calling for the release of people...
May 27, 2020, New York – In response to the killing of another unarmed Black man by the hands of police, Vince Warren , executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, issued the...
May 31, 2020, New York – In response to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s explicit defense of the NYPD’s use of violent and unjustified force against protestors, as well as the history of impunity for brutality...
