Civil Rights - Special Litigation Section

Justice Department Finds California Women’s Prisons Violate the Constitution by Failing to Protect Female Prisoners from Sexual Abuse by Staff

The Justice Department announced today that it has reasonable cause to believe that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, and the…

U.S. Department of Justice · Aug 13, 2026

Courts & Justice

Justice Department Notifies California and Maine of Investigations into Whether Housing Biological Men in Women’s Prisons Violates Constitution

Mar 26, 2026

Courts & Justice

Justice Department Seeks to Terminate Federal Oversight of Cleveland Police Department

Feb 19, 2026

Courts & Justice

Justice Department Announces Completion of Civil Rights Reform Agreement with Orange County District Attorney

Dec 23, 2025

Courts & Justice

Justice Department Reaches Agreement with South Carolina to Ensure Adults’ Access to Community-Based Mental Health Services

Dec 18, 2025

Courts & Justice

Justice Department Marks Texas’ Successful Completion of Reforms at Thirteen State-Operated Facilities for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Dec 9, 2025

Courts & Justice

Justice Department Opens Investigation into Conditions of Colorado Prisons and Youth Facilities

Dec 8, 2025

Drugs & Trafficking

Federal Court Terminates Newark Police Department’s Consent Decree After Successful Reforms

Nov 21, 2025

Crime

Federal Court Terminates Consent Decree Regarding the New Orleans Police Department After Successful Reforms

Nov 19, 2025

Crime

Justice Department Files Lawsuit Under the FACE Act Against Violent Protestors at Synagogue in West Orange, New Jersey

Sep 29, 2025

Crime

Justice Department Returns Full Control of Police Practices to the City of Seattle

Sep 3, 2025

Crime

U.S. Department of Justice Announces Second Amendment Pattern-or-Practice Investigation into California’s Los Angeles County

Mar 27, 2025

Crime

Justice Department Files Statement of Interest Supporting Access to Places of Worship

Mar 3, 2025

Crime

Justice Department Announces Successful Conclusion of Agreement with Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office to Ensure Constitutional Policing

Feb 13, 2025

Crime

Justice Department Issues Findings Report Regarding Louisiana State Police

Jan 16, 2025

Courts & Justice

Justice Department Secures Agreement with San Luis Obispo County, California, to Resolve Claims that Conditions in the County Jail Violate Federal Laws

Jan 16, 2025

Courts & Justice

Justice Department Secures Agreement with the Orange County, California, District Attorney’s Office to Enhance and Sustain Reforms on Custodial Informants

Jan 15, 2025

Sex Offender Cases

Justice Department Finds Conditions in Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in South Carolina Violate the Constitution

Jan 15, 2025

Courts & Justice

Justice Department Reaches Agreement with the City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Police Department to Reform City’s and Police Department’s Unconstitutional and Unlawful Practices

Jan 6, 2025

Courts & Justice

Justice Department Reaches Proposed Consent Decree with Fulton County, Georgia, and Fulton County Sheriff’s Office to Resolve Claims that Conditions Inside the Fulton County Jail Violate the Constitution and Other Federal Laws

Jan 3, 2025