Category: JDI in the News

Federal Investigators Looking Into Sex Abuse Allegations at Arkansas Prison

  • Jerad Fisher
  • July 13, 2015
  • (NPR - Little Rock, AK)

Investigators from U.S. Department of Justice are set to arrive at the McPherson Correctional facility in Newport later this month. The probe of the women’s prison is looking into allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct. Cathy Frye, spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Correction, says the state is doing what it can to assist with

Male Prison Rape Survivors Speak Out

  • Emily Nagisa Keehn and Sasha Gear
  • October 14, 2015
  • Mail and Guardian

South African prisons are notorious the world over for their endemic sexual abuse. Despite this, prisoner rape is not well understood by the South African public and government, and does not receive the serious attention it urgently needs. This is according to a report compiled by Emily Nagisa Keehn, policy development and advocacy manager at

Fear, force and sex in Sun City

  • Ruth Hopkins
  • January 30, 2015
  • Mail and Guardian

Less than a week after the Justice Department intervened in support of a transgender inmate’s lawsuit against Georgia, the state said Thursday…

Staff shortages fuelling prison violence

  • Ayanda Mkhwanazi
  • January 28, 2015
  • Health-e News Service

Released yesterday, the report details 2010 research conducted in Johannesburg Correctional Centre, informally known as “Sun City.” Carried out…