PRISON CONDITIONS IN THEUNITED STATES
A Human Rights Watch ReportHuman Rights WatchNew York
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November 1991 by Human Rights WatchAll rights reserved.Printed in the United States of America.Excerpts from
W.H. Auden: Collected Poems
, edited by Edward Mendelson.
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1975. Edward Mendelson, William Meredith, and Monroe K. Spears, Executors of the Estate of W.H. Auden. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.
The Prison Project
The Prison Project, established in 1988, cuts across the five regional divisions of Human Rights Watch to focus on a single issue: prison conditions worldwide. ThePrison Project has investigated conditions for sentenced prisoners, pre-trialdetainees and those held in police lockups. It examines prison conditions for all prisoners, not just political prisoners. The work of the Prison Project is guided bythe Prison Advisory Committee, whose chairman is Herman Schwartz. Other members are: Nan Aron, Vivian Berger, Haywood Burns, Alejandro Garro,William Hellerstein, Edward Koren, Sheldon Krantz, Benjamin Malcolm, DianeOrentlicher, Norman Rosenberg, David Rothman and Clarence Sundram. Thedirector of the Project is Joanna Weschler.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataPrison conditions in the United States : a Human Rights Watch report. p. cm.ISBN 1-56432-046-41. Prisons--United States. I. Human Rights Watch (organization:U.S.)HV9471.P74 1992365' .973--dc20 91-38949CIP
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is composed of the five Watch Committees: AfricaWatch, Americas Watch, Asia Watch, Helsinki Watch, and Middle East Watch andthe Fund for Free Expression.The executive committee comprises Robert L. Bernstein, chair; AdrianW. DeWind, vice chair; Roland Algrant, Lisa Anderson, Peter Bell, Alice Brown,William Carmichael, Dorothy Cullman, Irene Diamond, Jonathan Fanton, Jack Greenberg, Alice H. Henkin, Stephen Kass, Marina Kaufman, Jeri Laber, Aryeh Neier, Bruce Rabb, Harriet Rabb, Kenneth Roth, Orville Schell, Gary Sick, RobertWedgeworth.The Staff includes Aryeh Neier, executive director; Kenneth Roth, deputydirector; Holly J. Burkhalter, Washington director; Ellen Lutz, California director;Susan Osnos, press director; Jemera Rone, counsel; Dorothy Q. Thomas, Women'sRights Project director; Joanna Weschler, Prison Project director.
Executive Directors
Africa Watch Americas Watch Asia WatchRakiya Omaar Juan E. Méndez Sidney R. JonesHelsinki Watch Middle East Watch Fund for Free ExpressionJeri Laber Andrew Whitley Gara LaMarche
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