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.

  • Plume (She/Her)@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Yeah but they say it like it’s a mistake. Like US prisons happens to have those things happen but… I mean… hey, UN, you ever heard the phrase “it’s not a bug, it’s a feature”?