Revoked

Revoked
Author: Allison Frankel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2020
Genre: Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN:

"[The report] finds that supervision -– probation and parole -– drives high numbers of people, disproportionately those who are Black and brown, right back to jail or prison, while in large part failing to help them get needed services and resources. In states examined in the report, people are often incarcerated for violating the rules of their supervision or for low-level crimes, and receive disproportionate punishment following proceedings that fail to adequately protect their fair trial rights."--Publisher website.

Prison Conditions in the United States

Prison Conditions in the United States
Author: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Total Pages: 118
Release: 1991
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780300056259

After visits to more than twenty institutions in the United States and Puerto Rico, including state, INS, and federal prisons as well as jails, Human Rights Watch concludes that the most troubling aspect of the human rights situation in U.S. prisons could be labelled Marionization. Thirty-six states have followed the example of the maximum security prison in Marion, Illinois, to create super maximum security institutions. The states have been quite creative in designing their own maxi-maxis and in making the conditions particularly difficult to bear, at times surpassing the original model.

All Too Familiar

All Too Familiar
Author: Dorothy Q. Thomas
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1996
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781564321534

Federal and State Law

Callous and Cruel

Callous and Cruel
Author: Jamie Fellner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2015
Genre: Correctional institutions
ISBN: 9781623132415

"This 127-page report details incidents in which correctional staff have deluged prisoners with painful chemical sprays, shocked them with powerful electric stun weapons, and strapped them for days in restraining chairs or beds. Staff have broken prisoners' jaws, noses, ribs; left them with lacerations requiring stitches, second-degree burns, deep bruises, and damaged internal organs. In some cases, the force used has led to their death"--Publisher's website, as viewed June 1, 2015.

World Report 2020

World Report 2020
Author: Human Rights Watch
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Total Pages: 813
Release: 2020-01-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1644210061

The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.

So Long as They Die

So Long as They Die
Author:
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2006
Genre: Capital punishment
ISBN:

Recommendations. To state and federal corrections agencies - To state legislators and the U.S. Congress. -- I. Development of lethal injection protocols. Oklahoma - Texas - Tennessee - Lethal injection machines - Public access to lethal injection protocols. -- II. Lethal injection drugs. Potassium chloride - Pancuronium bromide - Sodium thiopental - The failure to review protocols. -- III. Lethal injection procedures. Qualifications of execution team - Checking the IV equipment - Level of anesthesia not monitored. -- IV. Physician participation in executions and medical ethics. -- V. Case study: Morales v. Hickman. -- VI. Botched executions. -- VII. International human rights and U.S. constitutional law. International human rights law - U.S. Constitutional law. -- Appendix A: State Execution Methods. -- Acknowledgements.

Up in Flames

Up in Flames
Author: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 1564324273

Two Authorities, One Way, Zero Dissent

Two Authorities, One Way, Zero Dissent
Author: Omar Shakir
Publisher:
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2018
Genre: Detention of persons
ISBN:

"This report evaluates patterns of arrest and detention conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 25 years after the Oslo Accords granted Palestinians a degree of self-rule over these areas and more than a decade after Hamas seized effective control over the Gaza Strip. Human Rights Watch detailed more than two dozen cases of people detained for no clear reason beyond writing a critical article or Facebook post or belonging to the wrong student group or political movement."--Publisher website.