In April 2014, hundreds of documents detailing the process for designating and keeping prisoners in Federal Bureau of Prisons Communications Management Units (CMUs) were made public for the first time, through a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR).

Read the briefing guide to the 2014 documents here.

The documents reveal that the prisoners have been denied due process at every step.

Helpful links

• Listen to a July 2014 CCR Briefing Call on the documents here.
• Learn more about our case challenging the CMUs, Aref v. Holder here.
• Access our shadow report submission about the CMUs and the CERD treaty here.
• Take Action here.