Just Detention International is a health and human rights organization that seeks to end sexual abuse in all forms of detention.
Alairis, Louisiana
Alairis, Louisiana
Alairis was sexually assaulted repeatedly by her work supervisor. After she reported the assault, prison officials berated her and transferred her to a new facility, forcing her out of her bachelor’s degree program.
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Rocket-Miner February 9, 2019Praying for Healing, Working for Change
In a profile for a local Wyoming paper, Nathan Jones talks about his healing after being sexually assaulted behind bars, and his commitment to helping other survivors.
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JDI Campaigns January 11, 2019Your Words Made a Difference
Over the holidays, JDI delivered thousands of Words of Hope messages to prisoner rape survivors across the country. Here are some heartwarming responses from survivors who wrote us back.
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JDI Video January 3, 2019Leadership and Culture Change in Prison
Dawn Davison, former warden of the California Institution for Women (CIW) and a JDI Board member, talks about what it takes to stimulate sustainable culture change inside detention facilities.
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The New York Times December 21, 2018I’m 13 and I Write Holiday Cards to People in Prison
Read this wonderful New York Times op-ed by Sofia Robinson about the Words of Hope campaign. Sofia, 13, has been writing compassionate greetings to incarcerated survivors since she was five years old.
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JDI Press Release December 21, 2018First Step Act Will Make Prisons Safer — and Help Protect Inmates from Rape
A new prison reform bill calls for free sanitary products and trauma counseling in detention, as well as an end to the shackling of pregnant women.
