Troy Erik Isaac is a homeless advocate who travels all over Los Angeles by foot helping any person he meets–he almost never ignores a phone call. But maybe even more compelling is his long, sometimes troubled history. Troy Isaac was born in Houston. He grew up in an unstable home and moved to Burbank when
Investigators from U.S. Department of Justice are set to arrive at the McPherson Correctional facility in Newport later this month. The probe of the women’s prison is looking into allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct. Cathy Frye, spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Correction, says the state is doing what it can to assist with
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., October 5, 2015 — Today, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released strong, and long-awaited, standards to prevent the sexual abuse of immigration detainees. CBP’s National Standards on Transport, Escort, Detention, and Search, which apply to the Border Patrol among other agencies within CBP, are a significant improvement over existing
South African prisons are notorious the world over for their endemic sexual abuse. Despite this, prisoner rape is not well understood by the South African public and government, and does not receive the serious attention it urgently needs. This is according to a report compiled by Emily Nagisa Keehn, policy development and advocacy manager at
No lawyer, academic, policy maker or pundit will ever be able to convey the raw devastation experienced by survivors of rape behind bars, nor the life-changing empowerment felt by those who do decide to speak out about the abuses they endured. JDI encourages journalists to include the voices of former detainees in their stories, honoring