Extending Oversight of Class-Action Settlement Upheld April 9, 2021, Oakland, CA – Today, a federal court ruled that California’s ongoing violations of the rights of prisoners, including systemic...
Emergency Motion Says Ashley Diamond’s Allegations of Assault Prompted Retaliation by Prison Staff April 9, 2021, Atlanta – Today, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman who is currently suing the...
Procedures for Holding Men Under Strict Communications Restrictions Violate Due Process, Appeal Says April 7, 2021, Washington, D.C. – Today, lawyers for men who had been imprisoned in secretive...
March 25, 2021, New York – As the City Council prepares to vote on the New York City Police Reform and Reinvention Plan, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following response: New York...
March 5, 2021, New York – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights urged a federal court to deny the Biden administration’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit over alleged torture under...
Civil Rights Groups Press Federal Court to Reinstate Lawsuit March 5, 2021, Baton Rouge, LA – Today, individuals incarcerated at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison urged a federal judge to reinstate a...
February 16, 2021, New York– Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied the New York City police unions’ (along with corrections and fire unions’) attempt to stop the City of New York from...
February 8, 2021, Harrisburg, PA – Death By Incarceration, also known as life without the possibility of parole, is a term coined by a movement of advocates working to end the practice, including...
Customs and Border Protection Has Contributed to Deaths of Thousands, Advocates Say Groups Demand Documents Under Freedom of Information Act February 3, 2021, New York – Today, as the humanitarian-...
February 2, 2021, Washington, D.C. – Today, more than a hundred non-governmental organizations joined a letter led by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Victims of Torture,...