Friday 14 October 2011

ACLU: Pinal County Jail's shocking abuse of migrants violates treaties

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Pinal County Jail violates international treaties on human rights and torture

By Brenda Norrell
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TUCSON -- The inhumane conditions for migrants at the Pinal County Jail violates US treaties on human rights and torture, ACLU Policy Director Anjali Abraham said Friday.
"Terminate the contract with Pinal County Jail right away," said Abraham, making recommendations to ICE, at the Human Rights Documentations and Social Media Reporting Conference in Tucson.

Abraham said the current immigration detention system in the US violates a number of constitutional and international rights. These include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention Against Torture, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, treaties ratified by the US that apply to the rights of migrants and detained persons.

Abraham described deplorable conditions for migrants at the Pinal County Jail in Arizona. Rape, denial of medical treatment and prolonged isolation of victims, were among the inh [...]



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