Month: January 2016

New Government Report: In Juvenile Justice System, Abusive Staff Rarely Held Accountable

Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., January 28, 2016 — Barely half of known staff perpetrators of sexual abuse in youth detention face any legal consequences, according to a new report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Today’s study, which includes data reported by local and state juvenile facilities over a six-year period, also showed that roughly

JDI Applauds President Obama’s Key Reforms to Solitary Confinement 

Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., January 26, 2016 — Yesterday, President Barack Obama announced a series of executive actions to curb solitary confinement, a harmful and overused practice that has had severe consequences for prisoner rape survivors. The new measures, which apply to facilities run by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), include many reforms supported by