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 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...
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,...
Center for Constitutional Rights Says President and Congress Must Address Structural Harm December 10, 2020, New York– Today, on International Human Rights Day, the Center for Constitutional Rights...
Ashley Diamond, Who Won Previous Changes Against GDC, Sues for Second Time November 23, Atlanta – Today, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights...
October 9, 2020, Lafayette, LA – Late yesterday, 13 medically vulnerable people held in immigration detention in Louisiana filed an urgent request for release due to their high risk of life-...
October 1, 2020, New York – In response to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of legislative bill SB1064, which was critical in advancing the right to due process for incarcerated people, the...
Five Years After Landmark Settlement, Violations Continue September 26, 2020, Palo Alto – Men who spent decades in solitary confinement in California prisons are charging that the California...
Judge Coney Barrett Will Satisfy and Entrench the Retrograde Trump Coalition “Supreme Court Not a Reliable Source of Justice” September 23, 2020, New York – In response to Donald Trump’s nomination...
