Photo Exhibit: UN Headquarters, Geneva
June 17-25, 2009
4th International Conference on Human Rights and Prison Reform
organized by C.U.R.E (Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants)

Photos will bring direct experience from places and people who are as far from such a conference as can be imagined, into discussions of international policy at the United Nations.

This exhibit represents Alan Pogue's body of work documenting US prisons over the past 40 years including Texas' Death Row. Also included are images from a 2007 visits to prisons and prisoners in various countries thoughout Latin and South America.

Dignity of the Individual is a book with photographs from the 2007 trip which was put together and presented by CURE to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the OAS. This played a role in adoption of a listing of rights for people in prisons in the Americas.

The title refers to a founding document for the OAS (Organization for American States), the American Declaration of Rights and Duties of Man. A new project, to document conditions in African prisons and create a similar document, is in the planning stages.

The conference agenda begins Sunday June 21, at 7pm. People active in criminal justice reform from around the world will be able to meet, learn more about issues, compare experiences and meet UN ambassadors from their own and other countries. There is no charge to attend and CURE is committed to raising funds to allow participants to stay in a local hostel including support for breakfast and local transportation.

This conference in Geneva is a milestone of achievement, one of many over the years for Charlie and Pauline Sullivan - and all those who have worked to bring greater awareness of humanitarian concerns into the hidden precincts of prisons nationally and internationally.

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