Month: October 2015

SPR President Publishes Memoir, Launches Book Tour

  • October 26, 2006

Los Angeles, October 26, 2006 | Tour Dates and Locations National human rights organization Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) is pleased to announce the publication of FISH: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man’s Prison, written by its President, T.J. Parsell (Carroll & Graf, November 2006). A multi-city book tour, including panel discussions on prisoner

Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) Laments Movie’s Portrayal of Rape in Detention

  • November 20, 2006

Los Angeles, November 20, 2006 – The national human rights organization Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) deplores the flippant portrayal of sexual violence in a new comedy by Universal Pictures. In Let’s Go to Prison, released nationwide last Friday, rape is the subject of back-to-back jokes and crude innuendo. “While humor can be an effective way

Federal Hearing in Los Angeles on Sexual Violence in Detention

  • December 12, 2006

Los Angeles, December 12, 2006 – The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, a bipartisan federal body established under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003, will hold a public hearing in Los Angeles on December 13-14, 2006. The hearing will examine sexual violence in immigration facilities, as well as labor and personnel issues related

Los Angeles: First-Ever Prisoner Rape Survivor Summit

  • February 13, 2007

Los Angeles, February 13, 2007 – Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR), a national human rights organization dedicated to ending sexual violence in detention, is proud to host the first-ever Prisoner Rape Survivor Summit, in Los Angeles on February 16-17, 2007. Former inmates from across the country, all of whom endured devastating abuse while incarcerated, will gather

SPR Welcomes New President

  • February 23, 2007

Los Angeles, February 23, 2007 – Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR), a national human rights organization dedicated to ending sexual violence behind bars, is pleased to announce the election of David Kaiser as President of its Board of Directors. David Kaiser is a writer living in New York. A graduate of Columbia University, he was on