1. New UN Report Denounces America's Human Rights Record
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...asic needs along with abusive treatment by authorities. Killings by Law Enforcement Officials The Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) compiles data covering homicides (usu...

2. How Serious Is Obama About Ending Failed 'War On Drugs'?
(Opinions/Society)

...tutions. You get one therapist, one counselor you talk to but that does not constitute drug treatment.” This may be one reason Bureau of Justice Statistics finds two out of every three released convi...

3. US: World’s Leading Jailer, New Numbers Show
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...light the need to adopt alternative criminal justice policies, Human Rights Watch said today. Statistics released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, a branch of the US Department of Justice, ...