April 4, 2013, New York – This morning, activist Daniel McGowan was picked up from the halfway house where he has been residing and taken into custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in...
April 5, 2013, New York – This afternoon, activist Daniel McGowan was released from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn where he was taken into custody yesterday from the halfway...
April 8, 2013, New York – Today, attorneys for activist Daniel McGowan at the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following update on his situation: Daniel McGowan is back at the...
April 10, 2013, Oakland – Last night, a federal judge rejected the State of California’s attempt to dismiss a class action lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California...
July 15, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to the dismissal of the claims in a federal lawsuit that plaintiff...
July 8, 2013, New York – Today, in response to the resumption of a hunger strike by prisoners in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison in California, the Center for...
September 5, 2013, New York – In response to the announcement today that prisoners in Security Housing Units (SHU) throughout California have suspended their third hunger strike after nine...
October 9, 2013, New York – Prisoners on California and Louisiana’s death row are being held in conditions that amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or torture under...
April 23, 2014, Washington D.C. – For the first time, hundreds of documents detailing the Bureau of Prisons’ process for designating prisoners to controversial Communications Management...
March 14, 2013, Oakland – Today, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal judge to reject California’s attempt to dismiss a class action lawsuit challenging...