Last month, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent conducted a fact-finding mission to the United States to document human rights violations against people of African descent in...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Islamic Center at NYU (ICNYU) invite you to a conversation with Linda Sarsour, Executive Director of the Arab American Association of NY and co...
Please join the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF) on Monday, March 14th at 6:30 pm at Impact Hub in Washington, DC for an intimate...
Prisoners’ Rights Attorneys Urge Appellate Court to Revive Lawsuit over Federal Communication Management Units March 15, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional...
Inmates challenging their confinement in special prison units where their communications are monitored non-stop will get one more chance to revive their case against the Federal Bureau of Prisons...
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren will join a CLE panel and program sponsored by the New York City Bar Association. The program will explore the role of international human rights standards and...
Attorneys urged the D.C. Circuit to revive claims that federal prisons single out Muslim inmates for isolation units where their communications face 24-7 surveillance. The Center for Constitutional...
Yassin Aref, the Albany imam sent to federal prison after being convicted of material support for terrorism, is part of a case heard in court this week involving inmates challenging confinement in...
I've now spent more than twenty-seven years in solitary confinement, aka Security Housing Units (SHU). My original six-year term started in 1984 and was eventually increased to twenty-one years to...
On Tuesday, March 15, CCR Senior Staff Attorney argued before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in CCR's case challenging Communication Management Units in federal prisons. Check out her vlog...
