Why The U.S. Won’t Let the U.N. Look Inside Its Prisons

After a half-decade and a mandate by the U.N. to investigate solitary confinement practices, U.N. torture rapporteur Juan Mendez had to find a backdoor into an American jail.

Sarah Shourd

Published Mar. 16 2015 2:14PM EDT 

Sarah Shourd

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