Stop Prisoner Rape changes name to reflect breadth of work to end sexual violence behind bars September 4, 2008, Los Angeles, CA. Marking the fifth anniversary of the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act, non-profit organization Stop Prisoner Rape announces its new name: Just Detention International. The following is a statement from executive director Lovisa Stannow:
WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 29, 2008. Just Detention International (JDI), an international human rights organization, calls on the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) to comply with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) by participating in a public hearing addressing rampant sexual violence at Rose M. Singer Center (RMSC), a women’s jail at Rikers Island.
December 1, 2008, Washington, DC. – Just Detention International (JDI) commemorates the 20th Anniversary of World AIDS Day, highlighting the devastating link between prisoner rape and the spread of HIV. Keith DeBlasio is one of scores of Americans who contracted HIV as a result of being raped repeatedly in detention. “I relive those assaults in
JDI Honors 60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights December 10, 2008, Washington, DC. – The widespread sexual abuse that plagues U.S. prisons and jails, in contravention of domestic and international law, remains one of this nation’s most neglected human rights crises. As the world celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of
January 28, 2009, Washington, DC. – Just Detention International (JDI) congratulates Eric Holder on his appointment today as Attorney General, and calls on him to uphold fully his obligation to end sexual violence behind bars. “Attorney General Holder has rightfully disavowed waterboarding and other forms of torture used in military facilities abroad,” said Lovisa Stannow,