More than 1 million prisoners were likely sexually assaulted in the 20 years preceding the passage of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, according to federal officials. Garrett Cunningham, a victim of prison rape, is joined by fellow prison rape prevention activists Judge Reggie B. Walton and Lovisa Stannow. They discuss realities and stigmas
The country’s laws could protect against prisoner rape, but the challenge was ensuring it was applied, NGO leaders said. Sexual abuse in detention facilities is “increasingly becoming an issue that demands attention,” said Sasha Gear, senior researcher at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Gear was one of 25 people who met
“I am 7 months pregnant [and] I got pregnant here during a sexual assault. I have been sexually assaulted here numerous times! The jailers here are the ones doing it!” — excerpt from a letter from an inmate in a jail in Alabama to Stop Prisoner Rape. Surviving a sexual assault and then navigating the
Lying on his bed, Keith DeBlasio felt his assailant climbing on top of him again, about to continue the nightmare that had dragged on for weeks. This time, he finally mustered his strength and managed to fight back and stop the attacks. But by then, recalled DeBlasio, now 38, in an interview with The NewStandard,
With at least three guards charged with sexually related crimes in the past year, and five others under investigation, King County jail officials believed it made sense to attend a Washington, D.C., seminar on sexual misconduct in corrections this past March. That meeting has led to this: a visit in the coming week from members