Just Detention International is a health and human rights organization that seeks to end sexual abuse in all forms of detention.
Ivory, Texas
Ivory, Texas
While working as a porter at a Texas state prison, Ivory was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a female corrections officer. He attempted to report the abuse, but was told that there was nothing that could be done since she was an officer and he was an inmate.
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JDI Programs July 19, 2018Register for JDI's webinar on providing services to incarcerated survivors
Join JDI and the Resource Sharing Project on August 15 for a webinar focusing on how rape crisis centers can adapt their existing hotline for a correctional setting.
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New York Times July 9, 2018Op-doc of Rodney Roussell
Watch the New York Times’ Op-Doc featuring Rodney Roussell, JDI survivor advocate, who was sexually assaulted repeatedly in a New Orleans jail.
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JDI Programs July 9, 2018JDI webinar on helping incarcerated survivors
Join us and the Resource Sharing Project on July 18 for a webinar unpacking common misconceptions about working with incarcerated survivors.
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New York Times June 20, 2018Standing by as prisoners are raped
In an op-ed for the New York Times, JDI Executive Director Lovisa Stannow argues that the system for monitoring prisons is broken.
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JDI Press Releases June 14, 2018Senate committee approves full funding for PREA
The move marked the first time ever that the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee included PREA funding in its annual spending proposal.
