Activism Needed to Remedy Solitary Conditions in Prisons, Civil Rights Attorneys Say March 28, 2018, Oakland, CA – Today, a federal judge declined to order the California Department of Corrections...
April 3, 2018Herman Bell, a 70-year-old former Black Panther and political prisoner, was recently granted parole after being behind bars for 45 years and denied parole seven previous times. In response, interest...
May 8, 2018...Manny Jones, the brother of slain Police Officer Waverly Jones, decried Bell’s release by saying, “He should come home when my brother comes home.” But the officer’s son, Waverly Jones, Jr.,...
Join the staff at the Center for Constitutional Rights from 6-9 p.m., June 21, 2018 as we celebrate our new podcast, The Activist Files and its official launch on iTunes! The Activist Files features...
Updated: September 7, 2018
June 1, 2018As the San Francisco BayView goes to press, a critical ruling is soon expected in Ashker v. Brown (aka Ashker v. Governor, Docket No. 4:09-cv-09-5796 CW (N.D. Cal.)), the federal class-action lawsuit...
Please join the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), First Peoples Disability Network (Australia), Disability Rights Fund, and Human Rights Watch for an interactive...
Updated: June 13, 2018
July 13, 2018On July 8, 2013, more than 30,000 incarcerated men and women across California began refusing to eat . It was the start of the nation’s largest-ever prison hunger strike, and for some the fasting...
July 21, 2018On July 3, a critical ruling issued in Ashker v. Brown (aka Ashker v. Governor, Docket No. 4:09-cv-09-5796 CW (N.D. Cal.)), the federal class-action lawsuit challenging indefinite solitary...
CCR is a proud community sponsor of Sanctuary presented by The Dream Unfinished on Friday July 27, 2018 at 7pm. Sanctuary is a festival of music celebrating artists who identify as immigrants or...
Updated: July 25, 2018
Join CCR's Executive Director, Vince Warren, at Netroots Nation 2018 as he discusses the importance of policy and ligtigation in our current political landscpae. The discussion will take place in...
Updated: July 30, 2018
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