Month: July 2020

David Kaiser, who exposed the horrors of prisoner rape and the deceptions of Exxon

  • July 19, 2020
  • The New York Review of Books

David Kaiser died this week at the age of 50, of cancer. A great-great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller and president of the Rockefeller Family Fund, Kaiser used his influence and voice to take on hugely powerful interests, champion unpopular causes, and bring injustices to light. Twenty years ago he was an editorial assistant at The

Among advocates’ fears for Florida’s incarcerated youth during pandemic: sexual abuse

  • Dana Cassidy
  • July 13, 2020
  • Orlando Sentinel

FLORIDA — The COVID-19 crisis has placed an unprecedented strain on Florida’s incarcerated youth, but experts fear it may also exacerbate a challenge that far predates the pandemic: combating sexual abuse at juvenile facilities and helping survivors recover. With many juvenile inmates alone with staff and cut off from in-person contact with loved ones, some worry sexual

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