Inhumane conditions and overuse of solitary confinement were just some of the egregious human rights violations found at the Pine Prairie immigrant detention center.
Pine Prairie, a for-profit immigrant detention center run by the GEO Group, was found to use prolonged and often racially-driven solitary confinement practices.
In December 2020, RFK Human Rights submitted a testimony to the NYC Council Committee on Criminal Justice, commending the Council for its intention to end solitary confinement, yet highlighting how certain measures fell short.
Tags Share A Joint Statement by the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances, Asian Human Rights Commission, International Federation for Human Rights, Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and World Organisation Against Torture on the occasion of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2020 Manila/Hong Kong/Paris/Dhaka/Washington, D.C./Geneva, 25 June 2020: On the occasion of…
We urge the abolition of punitive separation and prolonged solitary confinement in New York City.
Tags Share Global, 14 August 2019: – Following serious concerns expressed by the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) about torture in Bangladesh, seven human rights organizations call on the Bangladeshi government to recognize the magnitude of the problem and address and implement the nearly 90 recommendations made by the UN body. On 9 August 2019,…
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