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 ACLU projects and centers.
Previously, Carl was a staff attorney at the ACLU National Prison Project, 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 ACLU of the Nation’s Capital 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 Boston College Law School and an A.B. from Brown University.
Featured work
Jan 5, 2017
Trump and Sessions: Great for the Private Prison Industry, Terrible for Civil Rights
Dec 2, 2016
In Stunning Reversal, Law Enforcement, Military, and Security Advisors Urge Homeland Security to Shift Away from Private Prisons
Nov 29, 2016
The Incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II Does Not Provide a Legal Cover for a Muslim Registry
Nov 22, 2016
ACLU-Obtained Emails Prove That the Federal Bureau of Prisons Covered Up Its Visit to the CIA’s Torture Site
Oct 24, 2016
The Government’s Out-of-Control Detention Practices Could Bail Out the Private Prison Industry
Oct 3, 2016
Homeland Security Must Stop Using Private Prisons for Immigration Detention. Here’s How to Do It.
Aug 31, 2016
No Review Necessary: Stop Using Private Prisons for Immigration Detention
Aug 19, 2016
The Justice Department’s Call to Axe Private-Prison Contracts Is A Victory. ICE Must Now Do the Same to End Federal Prison Profiteering.
Jun 15, 2016
Forget About Calling A Lawyer Or Anyone at All if You’re in an Immigration Detention Facility