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GENEVA, Sept 29 — UN human rights experts have called for major reforms of the US criminal justice system to combat systemic racism, citing testimonies that jailed Black women...

In a report published on Thursday, three U.N.-appointed experts said they had found practices in U.S. prisons that amounted to "an affront to human dignity" in visits in April and May. The U.S. diplomatic mission in Geneva did not immediately respond to a request for comment. One such practice is restraining and shackling women prisoners during childbirth, the report said.

Nova Scotia has announced a deaths-in-custody review committee, which they say is tasked with investigating two recent deaths in the province's jail system.

Only 10 states have shared any information on booster shots in the correctional systems.