CREEC Settles Lawsuit on Behalf of the National Federation of the Blind and Blind Prisoners

Colorado Department of Corrections will Remedy the Systemic Failures that Threatened the Privacy and Safety of Blind Prisoners DENVER, CO — Brian Christopher Mackes and Adrian Chávez, two blind men in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC),…

Federal Court Allows Discrimination Case Against Salvation Army’s Opioid Use Disorder Policy to Continue 

Today, the federal District Court of Massachusetts rejected a motion to dismiss and ruled against the Salvation Army’s Eastern Territory in a case challenging the Salvation Army’s discriminatory policy of denying access to medication for opioid use disorder (“MOUD”) for…

Sacramento Police Department Sued for Repressing Anti-Police Efforts with Violence, Surveillance, and Home Raids

SACRAMENTO — Racial justice protesters recently filed suit against the City of Sacramento and the Sacramento Police Department for patterns of brutalization by police. Plaintiffs allege abuse during Black Lives Matter protests in 2020; the Sacramento Police Department then continued…