Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., March 12, 2008. Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR), an international human rights organization based in Los Angeles, is pleased to announce the opening of its Washington, D.C. office. SPR is the only organization in the U.S. focusing exclusively on the problem of sexual violence in detention. Whether perpetrated by corrections officials
May 5, 2008: Today, the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC) released draft standards aimed at putting an end to sexual abuse in adult prisons and jails, and in immigration detention centers. Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) considers these standards a crucial step forward in the effort to make zero-tolerance toward rape and other forms of
Stop Prisoner Rape, Los Angeles and Washington, DC, June 25, 2008. A national survey of inmates in local jails, released today by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), provides a snapshot view of a serious human rights crisis. According to the study, an estimated 24,700 (or 3.2%) of jail inmates surveyed
WASHINGTON, DC, July 31, 2008. International human rights organization Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) welcomes the release today of a report by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), analyzing administrative reports of sexual abuse in juvenile corrections facilities during 2005 and 2006. Alarmingly, the report confirms that, even in substantiated cases of
WASHINGTON, DC, August 26, 2008. A federal government report published today makes clear that sexual abuse in detention is preventable – not an inevitable part of prison life. International human rights organization Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) welcomes the release of “Report on Rape in Federal and State Prisons in the U.S.,” by the Department of