Month: April 2024

Just Detention International Calls for Justice and Safety for Survivors at FCI Dublin

Just Detention International was disturbed by the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) abrupt announcement, on Monday, April 15, that it plans to close FCI Dublin, a federal women’s prison in California that has been plagued with sexual abuse. The decision came as a shock in light of a federal judge’s recent appointment of Special Master Wendy

Youth Facilities Failing Our Children

  • Linda McFarlane
  • April 5, 2024
  • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Children in Georgia’s youth detention facilities are in danger — and have been for some time. In 2019, the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released a study highlighting the rampant sexual abuse at the Macon Youth Development Center, Georgia’s only residential facility for girls. A staggering 19 percent of kids at Macon who took