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.

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    10 months ago

    see, you dodge the actual point, by claiming you’re being oppressed in some way… you’re all the same brand of coward…

    i say you are incapable of dignity, and you respond with whining… who is winning the argument…

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      10 months ago

      You really need to work on that reading comprehension, buddy. It’s not whining to call someone a hateful bigot. Because, you are a hateful bigot.

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        10 months ago

        you try to shield yourself from all truth with claims of oppression or unfairness… it’s cowardly…

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          10 months ago

          No, I’m just attempting to point out that you’re being a bigoted asshole. It’s no different than saying all Italians are spaghetti eating mobsters.

          You’re trying to disparage an entire population based on a rather bizarre and totally inaccurate preconceived notion.