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Highest Court in New York to Hear Challenge to Monopoly Prison Telephone Contract

July 10, 2006

The Center for Constitutional Rights welcomes the news that its motion for leave to appeal to the highest court of the state, the Court of Appeals, was granted in Walton v. NYSDOCS. The lawsuit seeks...

Former Head of the Intelligence Branch of the Israel Defense Forces and Chief of Staff Charged in U.S. Court with War Crimes

December 15, 2005

Former Director of Israel's General Security Service Sued in New York for Death and Injury of Over 165 in Gaza

December 8, 2005

On December 8, 2005, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) brought a class action lawsuit against Avi Dichter, the former Director of Israel’s...

Attorneys for Gitmo Detainees on Hunger Strike Win Court Order to Receive Medical Records

October 25, 2005

On October 25, 2005, in Washington, D.C., United States District Court Judge Gladys Kessler issued an opinion in the case of four Saudi nationals on hunger strike at the Guantánamo Bay prison camp...

Federal Judge Rules on Constitutionality of Kickback in Contract Between New York State Prisons and MCI

August 30, 2005

Center for Constitutional Rights announced a major victory on August 30, 2005 for the families and friends of people incarcerated in New York State prisons. The federal trial court in Byrd v. Goord...

Supreme Court Rules Prisoners Guaranteed Due Process Review Before Supermax Confinement

June 13, 2005

In Washington, D.C, on June 13, 2005, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that prison officials cannot confine inmates in long term solitary confinement in a supermaximum prison without...

CCR Files EEOC Discrimination Charges for Three African-American Applicants to the NYFD

February 24, 2005

Docket: CCR Files Amicus Brief in Support of Voting Rights for Felons

January 28, 2005

CCR Joins With Other Human Rights Groups to Advocate on Behalf of Women in Prison

January 1, 2005

CCR joins NLG in Seeking Reparations for Victims of Tulsa Race Riots

January 1, 2005

CCR along with the National Lawyer’s Guild, the National Conference of Black Lawyers, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed an amicus brief in the case Alexander v...

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Highest Court in New York to Hear Challenge to Monopoly Prison Telephone Contract

Former Head of the Intelligence Branch of the Israel Defense Forces and Chief of Staff Charged in U.S. Court with War Crimes

Former Director of Israel's General Security Service Sued in New York for Death and Injury of Over 165 in Gaza

Attorneys for Gitmo Detainees on Hunger Strike Win Court Order to Receive Medical Records

Federal Judge Rules on Constitutionality of Kickback in Contract Between New York State Prisons and MCI

Supreme Court Rules Prisoners Guaranteed Due Process Review Before Supermax Confinement

CCR Files EEOC Discrimination Charges for Three African-American Applicants to the NYFD

Docket: CCR Files Amicus Brief in Support of Voting Rights for Felons

CCR Joins With Other Human Rights Groups to Advocate on Behalf of Women in Prison

CCR joins NLG in Seeking Reparations for Victims of Tulsa Race Riots

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