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Prison Conditions in the United States
Loaded on May 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1992, page 1
Prison Conditions In The United StatesHuman Rights Watch, an international human and civil rights group, has issued the results of its investigation into prison conditions in the United States. Their investigation consisted of visits to more than 20 state and federal prisons and detention centers, prison litigation cases since ...
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