CCR's Rachel Meeropol , joined in conversation by Reem Jayyousi, daughter of a former CMU prisoner and member of National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF), will discuss the Communications...
Counting the days takes on a whole new meaning when you’re 22 years into a 25-year federal drug sentence. I was biding my time in a federal prison in Arkansas in 2013, when I was abruptly yanked from...
June 14, 2017, New York — Immigrant rights organizations, Center for Constitutional Rights, Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP), Families for Freedom, Immigrant Defense Project (IDP), and...
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But Possibility to Prove Liability of Prison Administrators Remains June 19, 2017, Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a federal appeals court ruling that former high-level Bush...
When Mary Sheilds was first sent to prison, her daughter was too young to understand why their phone calls would cut off mid-conversation and why she would not hear from her mother again for days...
CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Stephanie Llanes will join this panel during the Latino Leadership Institute's Women, Millennials, and LGBTQIA+ Politic Summit. The summit will touch on equity and advocacy...
CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Stephanie Llanes will moderate this panel during the Metropolitan Black Bar Association Immigration Town Hall. The town hall will examine recent changes to American...
Several days a week, columnist James Gill exemplifies the mediocre writing, faulty arguments, and ignorance of basic facts that too often pass for commentary in The New Orleans Advocate . Gill was...
CCR is proud to cosponsor the 13th annual NYC Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice! Organized by the Audre Lorde Project TransJustice program, this is an opportunity for communities of...
