A Question of Rights: The human rights abuses of prisoners in U.S. prisons is a result of the racist justice system and apathetic government.

For my Question of Rights assignment I chose to research into the abuse of rights of prisoners in prisons in the United States of America. I chose to research into the often forgotten plight of prisoners because they endure a lot of abuses of human rights in their time in prison and as yet they do not have proper representation in normal society. The abuse that prisoners suffer in prison, just like any abuse, compounded …

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