2023-0428: UN group to tour Los Angeles jails accused of ‘squalid, inhumane’ conditions

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Jun 19, 2023
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Advocates say it will cast welcome attention on a system mired in scandals of prisoner mistreatment and racial injustice

GUARDIAN LINK: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/28/united-nations-tour-los-angeles-jails-meet-families

A United Nations human rights group is touring Los Angeles county jails on Friday, bringing international scrutiny to a detention system criticized for overcrowding, mistreatment and abuse of people with mental illnesses, and conditions described by civil rights groups as “barbaric”.

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