Appalling prison conditions in Liberia must be improved

Publication Date: 21 September 2011 A new Amnesty International report details human rights violations with inmates crowded into dirty cells without adequate food, water or healthcare. Teaser image: Amnesty International Index Number: AFR 34/001/2011 Some prison conditions in Liberia are so poor that they violate basic human rights with inmates crowded into dirty cells without adequate food, water or healthcare, Amnesty International said in a new report released today. Good intentions are not enough: The struggle to reform Liberia's prisons describes the…

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