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UN Investigator Says Long-Term Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons Is Torture
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Méndez has concluded that the state of New York violated the rights of three incarcerated men “to be free from torture” by locking them up them in long-term solitary confinement. The findings, which were submitted to the UN Human Rights Council last month, were published alongside similar “observations” […]
Aviva Stahl