Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Match 31, 2023 — Most youth detention facility staff who sexually abuse children in their care avoid criminal sanctions, according to a report released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The study, titled Substantiated Incidents of Sexual Victimization Reported by Juvenile Justice Authorities, 2013–2018, examines the rare instances where reports of staff
Los Angeles, January 31, 2023 — Corrections staff who commit sexual abuse rarely face legal consequences, according to a study released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The report shows that in addition to avoiding criminal sanctions, some staff remained employed at their facility after their agency had determined they committed the abuse. The
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., November 10, 2022 — Children held in youth detention facilities are significantly safer from sexual abuse when they are made aware of their rights and are treated with basic decency by staff, according to a new Bureau of Justice (BJS) report based on direct surveys with youth in custody. The
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., September 28, 2022 — Today Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Sexual Abuse Services in Detention Act (SASIDA), a transformative piece of legislation to bring emotional support services to incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse. SASIDA would set up a grants program for community-based service providers to
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., May 16 2022 — Starting tomorrow, the Department of Justice’s Review Panel on Prison Rape will hold public hearings to question youth detention officials about their efforts to address sexual abuse in their facilities. The Panel has summoned agency leaders who run facilities with some the highest and lowest rates of this abuse,