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

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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Prisoner Advocates Turn to the UN to End Extreme Prison Sentences

In a sharply worded complaint to UN special rapporteurs submitted on Thursday, advocacy groups call for an end to “death by incarceration” sentencing in the US

September 15, 2022: Victoria Law, The Nation

*Painting of Rose Dinkins by Mary DeWitt*

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