Month: May 2017

Momentum Builds for National Standards to Stop Prisoner Rape

The Latest Government Reporting Shows the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Standards Gaining Traction at the State Level Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., May 11, 2017 — Five years after their release, the national PREA standards — a set of landmark regulations aimed at ensuring the dignity and safety of people in U.S. detention facilities

Trump Could Roll Back Decades Of Progress That Made Immigrant Detention More Humane

  • Elise Foley
  • April 25, 2017
  • Huffington Post

WASHINGTON ― Human rights advocates spent years fighting for even small improvements to the system that detains men, women and children waiting to be either deported or released back into the U.S. Now they fear the progress they have made could disappear under President Donald Trump, who has promised harsher treatment of undocumented immigrants. “This

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