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Challenging systemic injustice in the US legal system and changing the narrative around the punishment bureaucracy.

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Civil Rights Corps @civrightscorps.bsky.social · Feb 7
It is with the most profound sadness that we mourn the passing of Kiah Duggins. Kiah was our colleague, our friend, our mentor, our inspiration, and an extraordinary civil rights leader. She was kind and brilliant and full of laughter, joy, and energy.

Rest in power, Kiah. ​​♥️
It is with the most profound sadness that we at Civil Rights Corps mourn the passing of Kiah Duggins. Kiah was our colleague, our friend, our mentor, and our inspiration. She was kind and brilliant and full of laughter and joy and energy. She dedicated her life to fighting for the liberation of Black and all oppressed peoples. She believed deeply in the moral and strategic imperative of partnering with social movements and the people most directly harmed by the injustices of our society – specifically the injustices that pervade the court systems, police departments, jails, and prisons of this country. And she lived her values everyday, striving to support us all in becoming more thoughtful, clear-eyed, and courageous versions of ourselves. The survivors of state and corporate violence whom Kiah represented knew and felt her deep love and respect for their lives and dignity. This generation has lost an extraordinary civil rights leader. Rest in power, Kiah. Kiah’s family has requested privacy. It is with their approval that we issue this statement in honor of Kiah’s life. Those who would like to support the Duggins family and honor Kiah's legacy should consider donating to Kiah's Princess Project. If you want to learn more, please watch her TEDx talk about the project. Collage of Kiah.
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We @civrightscorps.bsky.social fight constitutional cases to re-sensitize our society to the everyday brutality of the punishment bureaucracy. Support us, we need your help now more than ever because a lot of large donors are abandoning us. civilrightscorpsorg.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/donate
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November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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🔔 NEW CASE: This week, we filed a lawsuit on behalf of children in Adams County, Colorado, who are fighting for their right to hug their jailed parents. 🧵https://civilrightscorps.org/case/defending-childrens-right-to-hug-their-parents-in-adams-county/
Defending Children’s Right to Hug Their Parents in Adams County - Civil Rights Corps
E.L. et al. v. Claps et al. Our lawsuit argues that children whose parents are detained at the Adams County Detention Facility have a fundamental right to familial association under the Colorado Const...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Maryland families deserve support, not punishment.

Proud to join 19 other orgs on an amicus brief in solidarity with Mrs. C: bit.ly/amicus-maryland

RSVP for an upcoming convening led by systems-impacted organizers to confront the harms of Baltimore’s family policing system: bit.ly/cradle-to-cage
civrightscorps.bsky.social Civil Rights Corps @civrightscorps.bsky.social · Oct 8
In Maryland, a law that was meant to keep birthing people and newborns safe has now been used to create the ultimate parent trap.

The Safe Haven Law promised protection – but Baltimore’s family police punished a mama anyway. 🧵
MARYLAND’S PARENT TRAP: Maryland’s Safe Haven Law promised protection. Baltimore’s family police punished a mama anyway.
October 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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In Maryland, a law that was meant to keep birthing people and newborns safe has now been used to create the ultimate parent trap.

The Safe Haven Law promised protection – but Baltimore’s family police punished a mama anyway. 🧵
MARYLAND’S PARENT TRAP: Maryland’s Safe Haven Law promised protection. Baltimore’s family police punished a mama anyway.
October 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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📣 WE'RE HIRING: Investigative Fellows

🗓️ Start date: Summer 2026
🗓️ Application deadline: Rolling with priority for applications submitted before October 29, 2025

🔗 Learn more about the position: civilrightscorps.org/investigativ...
We're hiring: Investigative Fellows - Summer 2026 Investigative Fellows work collaboratively with case teams in support of complex civil rights litigation in federal and state courts. Their work varies and pulls on the skills of an investigator and paralegal, and will often involve working closely with and supporting local organizers and their campaigns. They are a crucial part of our impact litigation and advocacy challenging mass human caging and other injustices within the criminal legal system. This is an entry-level two-year position at CRC. Deadline: Rolling with priority for applications submitted before October 29, 2025 Learn more on our website: civilrightscorps.org/join-our-team
September 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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We're looking for Summer 2026 Litigation Interns! Learn more about the internship and find out how to apply here: civilrightscorps.org/summer-2026-litigation-interns-2l/
We're Hiring: Summer 2026 Litigation Interns (2L) Summer interns will have a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge civil rights cases in a fast-paced environment. Interns will work closely with Civil Rights Corps staff to investigate and challenge systemic injustice in the criminal legal system. Deadline: Rolling with priority for applications submitted before September 8, 2025 Learn more on our website: civilrightscorps.org/join-our-team
August 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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We are @civrightscorps.bsky.social have pioneered landmark constitutional challenges to the unsafe and unjust cash bail system for a decade. Our work saves lives, protects liberty, and is more important than ever.
August 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Toronto! Join the Community Justice Collective on Sept 18th for a conversation about Copaganda with @equalityalec.bsky.social, lawyer, author, and founder of @civrightscorps.bsky.social
Tickets and more info here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/copaganda-...
White text on a blue background reading: copaganda how police and the media manipulate our news a discussion with Alec Karakatsanis September 18, 2025, 6-9pm
August 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Join us Aug 20th for a discussion on how we can breakthrough the noise and reclaim the media narrative around the child welfare system!

🗓️ Aug 20th
⏰ 6-7:30 PM
📍424 S Pulaski St, Baltimore

🔗 RSVP here: bit.ly/mediawrkshp
Breaking through the Noise: Telling Our Stories about Family & Safety How can we reclaim the media narrative around the child welfare system, and discuss real safety options for families? Featuring: Alexis Taylor, Managing Editor, AFRO News Natasha Khalfani, Senior Attorney, MD Office of the Public Defender, Better Together Program Sam Collins, Staff Writer, Washington Informer Event details: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 6:00 - 7:30 PM The Food Project, 424 S Pulaski St, Baltimore, MD 21223 RSVP: bit.ly/mediawrkshp
August 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Meet our 2025 Artists-in-residence 👉🏽 April Lee, Kenneth Webb, and William Anderson!
Meet our 2025 Artists-in-residence April Lee Kenneth Webb William Anderson
July 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Civil Rights Corps is hiring an externally funded legal fellow to start in Fall 2025. Learn more here 👉🏽 civilrightscorps.org/externally-funded-legal-fellow-fall-2025/
We’re hiring! Externally funded legal fellow Civil Rights Corps seeks a law school graduate or licensed attorney to sponsor as an externally funded Legal Fellow, beginning in Fall 2025. Once selected, CRC will work closely with the candidate to submit project proposals to funding organizations that are able to evaluate fellowship applications on an expedited basis. Deadline: Rolling with priority for applications submitted before July 21, 2025 LEARN MORE ON OUR WEBSITE: civilrightscorps.org/join-our-team
July 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Civil Rights Corps is hiring an externally funded legal fellow to start in Fall 2025. Learn more here 👉🏽 civilrightscorps.org/externally-funded-legal-fellow-fall-2025/
We’re hiring! Externally funded legal fellow Civil Rights Corps seeks a law school graduate or licensed attorney to sponsor as an externally funded Legal Fellow, beginning in Fall 2025. Once selected, CRC will work closely with the candidate to submit project proposals to funding organizations that are able to evaluate fellowship applications on an expedited basis. Deadline: Rolling with priority for applications submitted before July 21, 2025 LEARN MORE ON OUR WEBSITE: civilrightscorps.org/join-our-team
July 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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BREAKING 🚨 In a move that protects financial interests and ignores the law and will of Congress, the FCC just delayed the implementation of new regulations that would lower prison and jail call rates by 2 years. The rules were set to save families over $500 million per year. Shameful.
July 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Riverside County ‘cash bail’ illegally keeps poor people in jail, new lawsuit says
Riverside County's cash bail system unconstitutionally keeps poor people in jail while those with money can buy their way out, a lawsuit claims.
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June 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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This marks the latest case in our series of civil rights lawsuits for the last decade that have freed 100,000s of people from illegal jailing. Wealth-based jailing separates families, destroys lives, causes catastrophic financial harm to communities, and makes everyone less safe.
June 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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THREAD. It is an honor to announce that we have just sued the Riverside Sheriff, Riverside County, and the Riverside Superior Court in a landmark case challenging the constitutionality of jailing presumed innocent people solely because they cannot pay cash bail.
June 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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🧵 NEW CASE: Faith leaders, detained people, and civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Riverside County's Bail Process.

What: Lawsuit
Where: Riverside County, CA
Issue: Bail, Pretrial Detention
New Case Faith leaders, detained people, and civil rights groups file lawsuit challenging Riverside County's bail process
June 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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🧵 NEW CASE: Faith leaders, detained people, and civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Riverside County's Bail Process.

What: Lawsuit
Where: Riverside County, CA
Issue: Bail, Pretrial Detention
New Case Faith leaders, detained people, and civil rights groups file lawsuit challenging Riverside County's bail process
June 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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We all have the right to hug our family.
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · May 21
New — Mahmoud Khalil's legal team says ICE & private prison contractor GEO Group are refusing to let him have a contact visit with his wife & newborn baby.

They traveled over 1500 miles — hoping Mahmoud could see and hold them for the first time since his arrest over 10 weeks ago.
ICE Refuses to Allow Mahmoud Khalil to Hold His Newborn Son Mr. Khalil's legal team filed a letter requesting the federal court overseeing Mr. Khalil's case order ICE to permit a family contact visit **There will be also be a virtual press briefing tonight at 5:30 pm ET (register here)** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2025 CONTACT: ACLU Media, media@aclu.org Center for Constitutional Rights, press@ccrjustice.org JENA, LA - In a decision that underscores the government's ongoing retaliation against Mahmoud Khalil in response to his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights, officials from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and private prison contractor GEO Group have refused to allow a contact visit between him and his family. The officials cite a blanket no-contact visitation policy at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center (CLIPC) and unspecified "security concerns" relating to the presence of a mother and newborn baby in an unsecure part of the facility. ICE's refusal comes after multiple requests from Mr. Khalil's legal team that point to federal policies explicitly encouraging contact visits between detained parents and their ies tie the act iths children. Mr. Khalil's team has also noted that permission for family visits like these are routinely granted at facilities like the Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey, where his attorneys have requested he be transferred. Mr. Khalil's wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, traveled over 1400 miles from New York to the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center (CLIPC) in Jena, Louisiana, bringing their newborn child in the hopes of a contact visit - one where her husband could meet, touch, and hold his son for the very first time. Instead, facility administrators have repeatedly denied these requests and have insisted the visit proceed behind glass, where no human touch is possible. "I am furious at the cruelty and inhumanity of this system that dares to call itself just," said Dr. Noor Abdalla. "After flying o…
May 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Check out this new op-ed by Mashai Small in Afro News: "From trauma to advocacy, a Black mother's mission to end family policing."

Read: afro.com/family-polic...
Op-Ed From trauma to advocacy, a Black mother’s mission to end family policing by Mashai Small “It only took one complaint for the family police to tear my family apart. How long will it take for someone to be held accountable for the harm they’ve caused?” Read: afro.com/family-policing-system-black-families
May 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Join us in THREE DAYS for the 4th annual #BlackMothersMarch to fight back against family policing!

Black Mothers March
🗓️ May 11th
⏰ 11 AM
📍Lafayette Park

RSVP here: BlackMothersMarch.com/Registration
May 11 | 11:00 AM | Lafayette park 3 days RSVP: blackmothersmarch.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Thanks to @equalityalec.bsky.social for joining me on @blackagendareport.bsky.social radio. We discussed his book "Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News."
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Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
Alec Karakatsanis is an attorney with a long history of work as a public defender. He is the founder of the Civil Rights Corps , an organization that advocates for racial justice and brings systemic c
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April 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Diversion for me, but not for thee 🤔

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New Article. Mission Local. "DA Brooke Jenkins, in the ultimate irony, is placed in diversionary program" by Joe Eskenazi
April 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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NEW: San Francisco DA Jenkins Enters State Bar Diversion Program After Ethics Complaint.

"Jenkins is accused of multiple ethics complaints, including handling confidential records improperly."

Read more in The Vanguard 👉🏽 davisvanguard.org/2025/04/broo...
New Article San Francisco DA Jenkins Enters State Bar Diversion Program After Ethics Complaint By David Greenwald
April 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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@civrightscorps.bsky.social' @equalityalec.bsky.social joined us to discuss his new book, "Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News," (@thenewpress.bsky.social).

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