A due process challenge to the Communications Management Units (CMUs), two highly restrictive federal prison units that segregate certain prisoners and severely limit and control their communication...
Updated: March 1, 2022
A case involving the defense of a mentally disabled and mentally ill lawful permanent resident facing deportation from the United States. Mr. Anderson was placed in removal proceedings in January...
Updated: July 7, 2011
A civil rights lawsuit which challenged the State of Illinois’ practice of creating exclusive agreements with telephone companies for inmate telephone service.
Updated: October 9, 2007
Byrd v. Goord is a civil rights case that challenged the collect-call only telephone service for prison inmates operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS). On March 21...
Updated: October 20, 2007
Martha Wright v. Corrections Corporation of America is a civil rights case which challenged the monopolies that phone companies and the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) maintain in the prison...
Updated: October 22, 2007
A class action lawsuit to challenge the NYPD’s policy of conducting stop-and-frisks without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity as required by the Fourth Amendment. Additionally, the...
Updated: October 1, 2012
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: How to Destroy an African-American City in 33 Steps A Frank Community Discussion on Social Justice Lawyering in the American (In) Justice System Lecture and...
Updated: February 1, 2011
CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren will give a talk not to be missed to kick off the new year. What: Color Coded Justice: Stop & Frisk and Race Bias in the Criminal Justice System When: Friday...
Updated: December 23, 2013
From the Nuremberg Tribunals to the creation of the International Criminal Court, the field of international justice has experienced an extraordinary evolution within the past 50 years. Come join us...
Updated: February 8, 2008
This year's Bertha Justice Conference will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer by profiling global and domestic models of "movement lawyering"--lawyers and organizers working...
Updated: May 13, 2014
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