Noting "a persistent and widespread pattern of human rights violations," Amnesty International Tuesday launched a year-long campaign for US penal reform. The group called on the United States to abolish the death penalty for juveniles, ban restraint devices such as stun belts, stop jailing asylum-seekers, and set up independent bodies to investigate allegations of police brutality.
Improving Prisons
Noting "a persistent and widespread pattern of human rights violations," Amnesty International Tuesday launched a year-long campaign for US penal reform. The group called on the United States to abolish the death penalty for juveniles, ban restraint devices such as stun belts, stop jailing asylum-seekers, and set up independent bodies to investigate allegations of police brutality.
