Prisons at Center of Damning Report on U.S. Human Rights

It's about time someone brought this up.

Inhumane treatment of prisoners in the U.S. is common. People busted for Cannabis are subjected to degrading treatment as if they committed a far more serious crime.

Of course, prisons are big business these days, and we all know how humane big business is...

Prisons at Center of Damning Report on U.S. Human Rights:

Rights advocacy groups in the United States are calling for the United Nations to take note of the gross human rights violations being committed in their country.

A coalition of human and civil rights organizations Monday sent a 465-page report to a key United Nations committee, which details ongoing abuses of human rights across the United States.

The 'shadow report' comes at a time when the Geneva-based UN Committee on Human Rights is about to complete its findings on human rights abuses in the United States.

The UN inquiry into the United States' human rights conduct is part of a review process that takes place every four years for countries that have ratified the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, also known as the 'International Bill of Rights.'

As a signatory to the treaty, the U.S. government is bound to respond to the Committee's questions on human rights. The official U.S. response to the UN inquiry is due next week.