May 11, 2016It is with a very heavy heart that we write to tell you of a great loss to our family. Today, we lost one of the great social justice warriors of our time, Michael Ratner. In July 2015, Michael fell...
May 12, 2016Journalist Salah Hasan Nusaif al-Ejaili painfully remembers his introduction to the infamous prison west of Baghdad known as Abu Ghraib. "The worst was the first day I arrived in Abu Ghraib, how they...
May 12, 2016A federal appeals court on Thursday explored the question of who was in charge, the U.S. military or civilian interrogators, when four former Iraqi detainees claim they were tortured at the notorious...
Please join us for an evening honoring the remarkable life and legacy of CCR President Emeritus Michael Ratner (1943–2016). Doors open at 6:30 PM. Please register : the event is free, but space may...
Updated: June 8, 2016
The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination will be convening a series of panels to...
Updated: July 6, 2016
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren will provide the opening co-keynote address and join the final plenary at the University of Washington's conference titled, "Human Rights Abuses: Expose the Cover-...
Updated: August 11, 2016
Recent move by Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group reveal further proof of the private prison industry’s culture of secrecy Today, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and The GEO...
Through photographs, a multimedia display, and a virtual reality film, the stories of victims of private military and security companies will be the focal point of an exhibit organized by the UN...
Updated: September 8, 2016
September 9, 2016Set to take place on the anniversary of the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York, the call for a national prison strike today, Friday, September 9, by those inside prison...
September 9, 2016As New Yorkers, we at CCR all have our personal stories of that terrible day. As an organization, our 9/11 story is about how we sprang into action and how we have continued to respond to the...
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