Category: JDI in the News

Move to ban paper mail on Rikers is wrong

  • Linda McFarlane
  • March 14, 2023
  • New York Daily News

Jonas Caballero spent 10 months in New York City jails and, like so many who have passed through the city’s detention system, he was traumatized by the experience. Jonas was sexually assaulted multiple times by officers; after he reported the abuse, staff subjected him to taunts and further abuse. Among officers, he was mockingly referred

Not all sexual abuse allegations against Oregon prison nurse made it to local prosecutors

  • Conrad Wilson
  • February 22, 2023
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting

Several women at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility who made allegations of sexual abuse to detectives never had their accounts considered by local prosecutors, raising questions about how seriously authorities took the case Editor’s note: This story contains detailed descriptions of rape allegations and other sexual abuse. Connie Wilson opened her eyes around 6 a.m. It

Rape Is Always Bad, Even When It Happens To “Bad” People

  • Megan Carpentier
  • March 30, 2009
  • Jezebel

NPR’s Tell Me More brought together a survivor, a judge and an anti-rape activist to discuss why it’s not funny for prison rape victims to be the, um, recipient of society’s jokes. Judge Reggie B. Walton says it best: I don’t sentence people to rape. The fact that prison rape has become an accepted part of prison culture

Butterfly release ceremony symbolizes letting go of trauma

  • Rashad Williams
  • September 9, 2022
  • WYFF

GREENWOOD, S.C. — A ‘Release the Trauma Within’ butterfly release ceremony was held at Leath Correctional Institution for Women on Friday at the facility. According to Associate Warden Michele Carter, Leath Correctional Institution is home to around 500 women. Carter said many if not most of the women have experienced some form of trauma during

Exclusive: Fort Worth Carswell women’s prison plagued by sexual abuse, cover-ups

  • Kaley Johnson
  • September 2, 2022
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Chantel Dudley may have been released from prison, but she is anything but free. Dudley’s home overlooks the lush, steep hills of the eastern Tennessee countryside. Her hometown, Kingsport, has a busy downtown that presses up against horse pastures and yards with handmade “eggs for sale” signs. On a humid July day, the 32-year-old sits