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Carl Takei

Former Senior Staff Attorney

ACLU’s Trone Center for Justice and Equality

Bio

Carl Takei is a former senior staff attorney at the ACLU’s Trone Center for Justice and Equality. He litigated police practices; advanced the ACLU’s affirmative vision for reducing the role, power, presence and responsibilities of police in U.S. communities; and coordinated policing-related litigation and advocacy across multiple ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµprojects and centers.

Previously, Carl was a staff attorney at the , where he worked on prison privatization, immigration detention, and the intersection between the federal criminal justice system and immigration enforcement. He has also served as a staff attorney/Tony Dunn Foundation law fellow at the and as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Paul Barbadoro in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Carl holds a J.D., magna cum laude, from and an A.B. from .


Featured work

Feb 25, 2016

When Immigration Detention Becomes a Death Sentence

When Immigration Detention Becomes a Death Sentence

Jul 30, 2015

President Obama Needs to Stop Repeating FDR’s Worst Mistake and End Family Detention Now

President Obama Needs to Stop Repeating FDR’s Worst Mistake and End Family Detention Now

Jul 17, 2015

What President Obama Didn’t Hear or Smell at El Reno

What President Obama Didn’t Hear or Smell at El Reno

May 21, 2015

The 'South Texas Family Residential Center' Is No Haven: It’s an Internment Camp.

The 'South Texas Family Residential Center' Is No Haven: It’s an Internment Camp.

Feb 24, 2015

A Most Unsurprising Riot

A Most Unsurprising Riot

Feb 4, 2015

Detention Is No Place for Infants, Children, and Families

Detention Is No Place for Infants, Children, and Families

Jan 13, 2015

How US Prison Officials Rubber-Stamped a CIA Torture Chamber

How US Prison Officials Rubber-Stamped a CIA Torture Chamber

Sep 29, 2014

The Wal-Mart Model: Not Just for Retail, Now It’s for Private Prisons Too!

The Wal-Mart Model: Not Just for Retail, Now It’s for Private Prisons Too!

Aug 6, 2014

Border Crisis Prompting New Xenophobic Drumbeat for an Old Disgrace—Detention Camps

Border Crisis Prompting New Xenophobic Drumbeat for an Old Disgrace—Detention Camps

May 28, 2014

WTF? Our Tax Dollars Are Being Spent to Jail a Vet for Being Poor

WTF? Our Tax Dollars Are Being Spent to Jail a Vet for Being Poor