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CCR Statement on Prop 8 and SCOTUS Decision on Questioning Defendants Without Lawyers Present

May 27, 2009

May 27, 2009, New York – In response to both the California Supreme Court ruling supporting Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage ballot initiative, and the United States Supreme Court ruling...

CCR Statement on Senate Armed Services Committee Report on Abuse of Detainees in U.S. Custody

December 11, 2008

December 11, 2008, New York – In response to the release today by the Senate Armed Services Committee of a bi-partisan report almost two years in the making on the abuse of detainees in U.S...

Rights Groups Launch Campaign to End Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act

December 9, 2008

December 8, 2008, New York – This week, the Coalition to Abolish the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act launched a campaign to repeal the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act (AETA), a law that broadens the...

Legality of Prison Telephone Rates Argued in Court

September 8, 2008

Albany, NY, September 8, 2008 – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenges the constitutionality of the unlawful tax levied on families who received collect calls at exorbitant...

U.N. Special Rapporteur on Racism Brings Fact-Finding Mission to NYC, Meets with CCR Representatives

May 23, 2008

GOVERNOR SPITZER SIGNS FAMILY CONNECTIONS BILL, ENDS BACKDOOR TAX ON PRISON FAMILIES

July 19, 2007

On July 19, 2007, Governor Eliot Spitzer signed into law the Family Connections bill, which states that prison telephone service is a right and not a revenue generator. "Words cannot describe...

CCR Welcomes the Family Connections Bill Introduced by New York Assemblymembers to Reform Prison Prison Phone System

June 21, 2007

“It is an injustice that families of inmates are forced to pay this backdoor tax,” said Assemblyman Aubry, Chair of the Assembly Correction Committee. “This is a public safety issue because it...

Families Win Victory in Court of Appeals on Prison Telephone Challenge

February 20, 2007

On February 20, 2007, The Court of Appeals ruled that a constitutional challenge brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights on behalf of New York family members who pay a grossly inflated rate...

New York's Highest Court to Hear Challenge to Discriminatory Prison Telephone Charges

January 9, 2007

On January 9, 2007, Rachel Meeropol, a lawyer from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) will argue that the New York State Court of Appeals should stop the state government and the telephone...

Victory for Families of New York

January 8, 2007

Families in New York with a loved one in prison won a long-awaited victory on January 8, 2007 when Governor Spitzer committed to end the burdensome, back door tax on collect calls to inmates'...

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CCR Statement on Prop 8 and SCOTUS Decision on Questioning Defendants Without Lawyers Present

CCR Statement on Senate Armed Services Committee Report on Abuse of Detainees in U.S. Custody

Rights Groups Launch Campaign to End Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act

Legality of Prison Telephone Rates Argued in Court

U.N. Special Rapporteur on Racism Brings Fact-Finding Mission to NYC, Meets with CCR Representatives

GOVERNOR SPITZER SIGNS FAMILY CONNECTIONS BILL, ENDS BACKDOOR TAX ON PRISON FAMILIES

CCR Welcomes the Family Connections Bill Introduced by New York Assemblymembers to Reform Prison Prison Phone System

Families Win Victory in Court of Appeals on Prison Telephone Challenge

New York's Highest Court to Hear Challenge to Discriminatory Prison Telephone Charges

Victory for Families of New York

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