SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – The #MeToo Movement sent shockwaves through social media in 2018, however, it began in 2006. Now, in 2021, KSLA News 12′s Destinee Patterson sat down with sexual assault allies and activists about how it has shaped awareness around the issue. “I think, like with anything, the #MeToo Movement has been taken
After spending the better part of three decades in prison, trying to find my way in the outside world felt like trying to fly a spaceship. The digital revolution had passed me by while I was locked up. When I was sentenced to prison in 1993, the internet was relatively niche. But when I got
Trans inmates are much more likely to be the victims of assault while behind bars. While some progress has been made, more needs to be done, experts say. The story of Elizabeth Carmichael isn’t only about a con artist who made waves due to her grandiose moneymaking schemes, it also shines a light on how trans people have
A DISTURBINGLY large number of youths locked up in juvenile detention centers across the country are sexually victimized, according to the Justice Department. A heartbreaking report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that states and localities are still doing too little to protect vulnerable youngsters who rely on the adults around them to provide
Newly released federal data show a direct link between widespread sexual abuse in youth detention facilities and unprofessional behavior by staff, charges the advocacy group Just Detention International. The group says the findings detail how staff “routinely crossed boundaries with children prior to abusing them, in ways that should have been obvious to fellow staff