In a report published on Thursday, three U.N.-appointed experts said they had found practices in U.S. prisons that amounted to “an affront to human dignity” in visits in April and May.

The U.S. diplomatic mission in Geneva declined to comment. The Federal Bureau of Prisons said it was committed to ensuring the safety and security of incarcerated individuals as well as employees and the public.

One such practice is restraining and shackling women prisoners during childbirth, the report said.

The experts “heard, first hand, unbearable direct testimonies of pregnant women shackled during labour, who due to the chaining, lost their babies”, it said. Asked to give details, a U.N. rights spokesperson referred to “several” cases and confirmed they all involved Black women.

  • Melllvar
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    99 months ago

    Then all countries are shitholes and the term is rendered meaningless.

    • ALQ
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      69 months ago

      In this spirit, I suggest “porta-potty” country. A step up from shithole, since we have structure and something to sit on, but it’s still unpleasant and bad in many ways.

    • @Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      29 months ago

      “shithole” does not imply that it’s better or worse than anywhere else. It’s simply “shithole”. Don’t overthink it. The state of things in other countries has absolutely zero to do with whether or not the US is a shithole.

      • Melllvar
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        9 months ago

        So, what does it mean to be a shithole?

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