US jail practices are racist and an 'affront to human dignity,' UN experts say
US jail practices are racist and an 'affront to human dignity,' UN experts say
U.N. human rights experts have called for major reforms of the U.S. criminal justice system to combat systemic racism, citing testimonies that jailed Black women had been shackled during childbirth while male inmates were forced to work in "plantation-style" conditions.
In a report published on Thursday, three U.N.-appointed experts said they had found practices in U.S. prisons that amounted to "an affront to human dignity" in visits in April and May.
The U.S. diplomatic mission in Geneva declined to comment. The Federal Bureau of Prisons said it was committed to ensuring the safety and security of incarcerated individuals as well as employees and the public.
One such practice is restraining and shackling women prisoners during childbirth, the report said.
The experts "heard, first hand, unbearable direct testimonies of pregnant women shackled during labour, who due to the chaining, lost their babies", it said. Asked to give details, a U.N. rights spokesperson referred to "several" cases and confirmed they all involved Black women.
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I get a deep sense of satisfaction every time a filthy 01/06 insurrectionist ends up in prison and whines about conditions.
Suck it up, buttercup. You were loving it when you thought it was just "those people".
What happened on the 1st of June?
No idea, it's just like people always going on about the 9th of November. Something about plane crashes i think?
I'm hoping we go full German on their asses so they have to run for their lives for the rest of their miserable lives if they want to escape being jailed for what they tried to do.
I'd like to see the gallows come back into fashion.
That I'd actually say no to.
I don't question some people deserve death for their actions in life, I just don't trust everyone else with the precedent acting on that sets.