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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During 2010, 4,150 inmates died while in the custody of local jails and state prisons--a five percent decline from 2009, according to a report released today by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The number of inmate deaths in local jails declined for the third consecutive year, from a high of 1,100 deaths in 2007 to 918 deaths in 2010. The mortality rate in local jails declined two percent from 2009 to...

WASHINGTON and BERLIN, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --After over 20 years the USA (along with Somalia) is the only country in the world (193) where children human rights are NOT legally and internationally recognized through the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). All children who are on U.S. soil loose their basic human rights that they have in 193 other countries. Now is the time to change this silent violation of children's human rights before the...

Larry Cox Concludes Four-Year Tenure with Major Campaign Advancements NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amnesty International USA today announced its new executive director, Suzanne Nossel, a human rights lawyer and activist, with executive experience in the private sector and government. She will begin the role on January 2, 2012, and will be based in the organization's New York office. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081014/AILOGO) (Photo:...

By Laura MacInnis GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States defended its record on prisoner treatment, racial profiling, immigration and the death penalty on Monday in its first appearance before a top United Nations human rights panel in 11 years. Matthew Waxman, who lead the U.S. delegation to the U.N. Human Rights Committee, submitted a 66-page document offering legal justifications for policies ranging from renditions of foreign detainees to juvenile sentencing in the United States....