Joe Booth, 47, figures he’s only alive because one person out of dozens responded to letters he’d written begging for help. Serving time in a state prison near San Diego in 2009 for making a death threat against a man who defrauded his ailing mother, he was transferred to a cell with a prisoner who
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., May 24, 2017 – Just Detention International (JDI) shares the bipartisan dismay over the White House’s budget proposal and calls on Congress to pass a budget that ensures the safety of prisoners while dramatically reducing the overall number of people who are locked up. However, one of the few bright
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., May 17, 2017 — Today, advocates and prisoner rape survivors are celebrating the five-year anniversary of the release of federal standards to address sexual abuse in detention. These landmark regulations — mandated by the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003 — have led to crucial changes in how detention
Governors in all but two states — Arkansas and Utah — have offered assurances to the U.S. Department of Justice that their lockups can be brought into compliance with federal guidelines to reduce sexual assault in prisons. The Justice Department in September sought word from the states on whether they were in compliance with the
Utah continues to reject federal guidelines meant to prevent prison rape — and now is one of only two states that won’t comply, according to a recently released U.S. Department of Justice report. Nineteen states have fully adopted standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, or PREA, according to the department’s latest compliance list. Another