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Life imprisonment: key external resources

For a selection of recommended international resources on life imprisonment, see below.

Ashley Nellis, Tinkering with Life: A Look at the Inappropriateness of Life Without Parole as an Alternative to the Death Penalty, 2013

The Sentencing Project, Life Goes On: The Historic Rise in Life Sentences in America, 2013

Child Rights International Network, Life sentences in countries that practice inhumane sentencing, 2012

Human Rights Watch, Old Behind Bars: The Aging Prison Population in the United States, 2012

To browse PRI resources on life imprisonment, please click here. 

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