A new federal report has found the number of kids who say they have been sexually victimized in juvenile detention centers has dropped across the U.S. compared with past years. But remarkably high rates of sexual abuse persist in 12 facilities stretching from Oregon to Florida, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report released
It started with too many drinks and an argument over who should clean the house. Zack got angry and landed a punch. His boyfriend grabbed a table leg and hit him in the chest. It ended with the cops at their University City apartment and Zack in handcuffs with one big worry. As a transgender
Last month, a California woman spoke to reporters about a horrific interaction she had with a Border Patrol agent. The agent worked at the Customs and Border Protection facility in Clint, Texas, where the woman’s 12-year-old son was being held. The Clint facility was already in the news, following lawyers’ accounts of children detained there
“Please help us!” This plea from an incarcerated woman — said to me and my colleague at Just Detention International-South Africa (JDI-SA) during a Women’s Month event at a facility in Limpopo on 23 August — summarises the sense of desperation among incarcerated women we have spoken with. So it was disappointing that this Women’s
“Eusebius spoke to a survivor of prison rape, Isak Sass, about his story, and also to Just Detention International (South Africa) who does important work on injustices in correctional services and within the justice system more generally.” Listen to the interview here.