June 12, 2002 WASHINGTON D.C. – Democratic and Republican members of the House and Senate have come together in a groundbreaking, bipartisan effort to introduce the first-ever federal legislation to address the problem of sexual assault in corrections facilities. Sen. Ted Kennedy, Sen. Jeff Sessions, Rep. Bobby Scott, and Rep. Frank Wolf announced today that
July 19, 2002 LOS ANGELES – Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) is suing the Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections over a new law that criminalizes its communication with Arizona state prisoners and punishes prisoners if information about them appears on its website. The ACLU is representing SPR and two other plaintiffs in their claim
July 30, 2002 WASHINGTON D.C. – At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today, Stop Prisoner Rape, a non-profit human rights organization, will advocate for the passage of the Prison Rape Reduction Act of 2002, a ground-breaking bill that has attracted an unusual coalition of bipartisan backers. The bill is designed to eliminate prisoner rape by
August 14, 2002 WASHINGTON D.C. – The Prison Rape Reduction Act of 2002, a bill that would help end the sexual abuse of prisoners, could be passed by the Senate as soon as September. The Senate, which held a July 31 Judiciary Committee hearing on the bill, is on recess through Sept. 3. Staffers say
August 16, 2002 LOS ANGELES – The nonprofit human rights group Stop Prisoner Rape said a strong message was sent today by the sentencing of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s custody assistant convicted of performing sex acts with a Twin Towers inmate. Meko Goodley, who took part in sex acts with a female inmate at