Challenging For-Profit Probation Scheme in Giles County
McNeil v. Community Probation Services. In 2018, five named plaintiffs sued Giles County, TN and two private probation companies…
Challenging For-Profit Probation Scheme in Rutherford County
Rodriguez v. Providence Community Corrections. In September 2017, Civil Rights Corps announced a landmark settlement in a first-of-its-kind class…
Challenging Debtors’ Prison Practices in Ferguson
Fant v. City of Ferguson. In 2015, we filed a landmark challenge to the City of Ferguson’s conversion of…
Ending the Fee-based Diversion Program in Maricopa County
Briggs v. Montgomery. In 2018, we filed a lawsuit against Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and Treatment Assessment Screening…
Challenging Debtors’ Prison Practices in Oklahoma
Graff v. Aberdeen Enterprizes II, Inc. On November 2, 2017, Civil Rights Corps, the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and…
Dismantling Debtors’ Prisons in New Orleans
Cain v. City of New Orleans. In Louisiana, the judges who order and collect fines and fees from impoverished…
Striking Down Unfair Bail Rules in Davidson County Criminal Court
Nashville Community Bail Fund (NCBF) v. Gentry. NCBF is a nonprofit that works to free people who are being…
Challenging Debtors’ Prison Practices in Jennings
Jenkins v. City of Jennings. In 2016, Civil Rights Corps, in partnership with ArchCity Defenders and the Saint Louis…
Note: This map is non-exhaustive and represents a subset of Civil Rights Corps’ work