Civil society organizations from around the United States gathered outside of the Palais de Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, where the informal briefings with the United Nations Human Rights Committee hearings were held. COURTESY VALERIE KIEBALA By Robert Saleem Holbrook / Truthout Decades ago, most people had never even heard the term “death by incarceration,” the racially discriminatory and cruel practice commonly known as life imprisonment. Now in 2023, the United Nations has condemned it and