Human Rights Groups Urge UN to Call for Abolition of “Death by Incarceration”

September 15, 2022

September 15, 2022: Marjorie Cohn, Truthout

Family members, activists, and others hold a rally outside of city hall to demand that the administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams do more to address the crisis in living conditions at the Rikers Island Jail on June 23, 2022.
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Category: News Articlestag: Abolitionist Law Center, Center for Constitutional Rights, Committee Against Torture, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, death by incarceration, DROP LWOP Coalition, Flint Taylor, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Jon Burge, Jones v. MIssissippi, Marjorie Cohn, Samah Sisay, Sheena King, Sonia Sotomayor, Tom Wolf