U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division/Criminal Section
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530
Phone (202) 514-3204
Fax (202) 514-8336
Website: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/activity.html#crm
Trial attorneys in the Criminal Section of the U. S. Department of Justice frequently prosecute cases of national significance involving violations of basic constitutional rights. These tend to be matters of intense public interest involving acts of racial and ethnic violence, violence intended to interfere with religion, abuse of power by local and federal law enforcement officials, violations of human trafficking and involuntary servitude statutes that protect migrant workers and others held in bondage, and criminal acts in violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which prohibit conduct intended to injure, intimidate or interfere with persons seeking to obtain or to provide reproductive health services or to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of worship.
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division/Special Litigation Section
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530
Phone (202) 514-6255
Fax (202) 514-6273
Website: www.usdoj.gov/crt/activity.html#splsite
The Special Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice enforces federal civil rights in four major areas: (1) conditions of institutional confinement; (2) law enforcement misconduct; (3) access to reproductive health facilities and places of religious worship; and (4) protection of an institutionalized person’s religious exercise rights.
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
810 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20531
Phone (202) 307-5933
Website: www.ojp.usdoj.gov
The Office of Justice Programs of the U.S. Department of Justice provides federal leadership in developing the nation's capacity to prevent and control crime, improve the criminal and juvenile justice systems, increase knowledge about crime and related issues, and assist crime victims.
Through programs developed and funded by its bureaus and offices, OJP works to form partnerships among federal, state, and local government officials to control drug abuse and trafficking; reduce and prevent crime; rehabilitate neighborhoods; improve the administration of justice in America; meet the needs of crime victims; and address problems such as gang violence, prison crowding, juvenile crime, and white-collar crime.
