December 14, 2005 LOS ANGELES – Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR), a national human rights organization dedicated to ending sexual violence behind bars, has appointed two veteran human rights professionals to serve as Co-Executive Directors. “The appointment of Lovisa Stannow and Kathy Hall-Martinez will add even greater momentum to SPR’s uniquely important work,” said T.J. Parsell,
May 30, 2006 BOSTON – Whether incarcerated in juvenile or adult facilities, youth are among the chief victims of horrifying sexual abuse at the hands of corrections officials and other inmates. As usual in the world of sexual violence behind bars, the youngest, the smallest, and the least experienced in the ways of prison life are
Los Angeles, June 8, 2006 Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR), a national human rights organization, welcomes today’s release of Confronting Confinement, a report by the independent Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons. The report highlights a number of shortcomings that plague U.S. prisons and jails, including: insufficient medical and mental health services for detainees;
National human rights organization Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) welcomed the release today by the U.S. Department of Justice of its second annual statistical report on prisoner rape, while noting the limitations of data based purely on administrative records. The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report found that the number of formal complaints
August 1, 2006 DETROIT – A startling number of cases of sexual abuse of prisoners are never prosecuted, leading to an atmosphere of impunity for these serious crimes. While severe underreporting and a lack of political will do exist, prison officials’ failure to investigate suspected or reported abuse promptly and properly is also to blame.