New Memorandum from Leading Civil Rights Advocates Documents the Most Egregious Federal Programs that Surveil, Profile, and Criminalize Black, African, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian...
September 2, 2021,San Diego, CA – A federal judge declared unlawful the U.S. government’s turnbacks of asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry along the U.S southern border. The court ruled that...
Site Provides Historical Context and Resources Around Reckoning With 20 Years of Injustice September 2, 2021, New York – Ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the Center for Constitutional Rights...
Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the National Lawyers Guild launched the Sixth Edition of the Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook (JLH)—a free legal resource for prisoners and their family...
July 13, 2021, Newark, N.J. – Fifteen immigrants in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody today lodged a multi-individual complaint with the Department for Homeland Security (DHS) Office...
May 17, 2021, New York 一 Today, the New York State Senate and Assembly introduced the Dignity Not Detention Act , a bill that would end existing and future contracts with Immigration and Customs...
Court Hears Emergency Motion From Ashley Diamond May 12, 2021, Atlanta – Today, a federal judge heard an emergency motion in a case charging the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) with violating...
Lawyers for Ashley Diamond Welcome DOJ Weighing in on Case April 22, 2021 Macon, GA – In response to the Statement of Interest that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed late this afternoon in...
In Massive Effort, Civil Rights Groups Seek Reversal of More Than 1000 Convictions by Non-Unanimous Juries in Louisiana in Light of Supreme Court Ruling April 20, 2021, St. Landry Parish and...
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...