Review Panel on Prison Rape to hold hearings with best and worst performing prisons, highlighting that sexual abuse in detention is preventable — a matter of good management Washington, DC, April 26, 2011. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, at least 216,600 inmates were sexually abused in prisons, jails, and youth detention facilities in
Washington, DC, September 14, 2011. Beginning tomorrow, the Review Panel on Prison Rape, convened by the U.S. Department of Justice, will collect evidence from officials at five county jails, survivors of sexual abuse in detention, and experts on jail conditions. These hearings, mandated by the Prison Rape Elimination Act, are a vital tool for highlighting best
Day One of the Justice Department Hearings on Sexual Abuse in Jails Yesterday, a few corrections officials offered some interesting theories as to why their facilities had been found to have high rates of sexual abuse. Officials from three jails — Orleans Parish Prison in Louisiana, Clallam County Jail in Washington, and Miami-Dade County Pre-Trial
April 15, 2012. Just Detention International applauds a new report by the Department of Justice’s Review Panel on Prison Rape, which concludes that prisons and jails that are able to keep inmates safe from sexual abuse have well-trained staff, committed leaders, and strong oversight. Conversely, facilities with unsafe practices and little or no monitoring are
Los Angeles and Johannesburg, April 25, 2012 — Just Detention International (JDI) was dismayed to learn that a high-level South African government official called for the rape in prison of a group of boys and men charged with gang-raping a 17-year-old girl. Responding to the March 31 assault, the official, Clayson Monyela, is quoted as