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US prisons rife with human rights abuses, especially against Black people, UN says (www.reuters.com)

submitted 11 months ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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Practices that are routine in U.S. prisons, like shackling women during childbirth and unpaid forced labor, are an “affront to human dignity,” and represent the “worst version of a racist criminal legal system” that perpetuates slavery to the present day, according to the U.N. report.

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[–] Krono 5 points 11 months ago

It seems like most people fundamentally misunderstand the UN. The UN does not have a real army and they dont have any real control over member nations. The UN is all talk.

And talk is good. Talk is diplomacy. Talk is putting pressure on those who are doing wrong.

Maybe the UN is decades late on this subject? I'm not sure if they have addressed it in the past. But either way, publically calling out the atrocious American prison system is a good thing.