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US: Record Numbers for World’s Leading Jailer (Washington, DC, December 5, 2007) – New US government figures showing that the United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other country highlight the need to consider alternative criminal justice policies, Human Rights Watch said today. Statistics...
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US: Federal Statistics Show Widespread Prison Rape New Report by Justice Department Underscores Need for Zero (New York, December 16, 2007) – New statistics compiled by a US Justice Department agency reveal that the rape and sexual abuse of prisoners by other prisoners and staff plague prisons nationwide...