The American Bar Association (ABA) is recommending free, unlimited access to feminine hygiene products for all incarcerated women. In a resolution, the ABA says it is urging all levels of government and correctional institutions across the country to enact policies that will “provide all women prisoners in all forms of detention, both adult and juvenile, with
In part two of an investigation of abuse allegations at the T. Don Hutto detention center, Rewire.News partnered with Latino USA to examine the nuts and bolts of a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) audit and how the process can fail survivors of sexual assault. Trying to understand the systems in place intended to protect immigrants
Rape is a horrific crime, and its effects are devastating whether it is committed at home, in the community, or in prison. Many rape survivors – including those assaulted in detention – often suffer shame, anxiety, and depression; they are also prone to contract sexually transmitted infections, like HIV. One of the most difficult aspects
When I was 5, my mom asked me if I wanted to help her write holiday cards to people in prison who had been raped behind bars. She didn’t say it like that, of course, because I didn’t know what prison or rape was. Instead, she told me that there were thousands of ladies and
It started the first night Joe Booth was placed with his new cellmate at the Richard Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. ‘He grabbed my ankle and pulled me off the bed … He had a weapon that was manufactured out of a piece of metal that he had gotten,’ Booth told DailyMail.com. ‘I had