Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) believes that all prisoner rape survivors should be able to seek redress in court, and that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) unfairly prevents them from doing so. Thanks to the efforts of the Coalition to Stop Abuse and Violence Everywhere (SAVE), of which SPR is a founding member, the House Judiciary
Stop Prisoner Rape, Los Angeles, December 16, 2007. A national survey of inmates, released today by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), confirms that sexual abuse plagues American prisons, derailing justice and shattering human dignity. According to the report, an estimated 60,500 inmates held at state and federal prisons were subjected
Washington, D.C., March 10, 2008. Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR), an international human rights organization, welcomes the upcoming public hearings of the Department of Justice Review Panel on Prison Rape. These hearings constitute a unique opportunity to scrutinize publicly the operations of state and federal prisons where inmates report especially high rates of sexual violence, or
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., March 12, 2008. Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR), an international human rights organization based in Los Angeles, is pleased to announce the opening of its Washington, D.C. office. SPR is the only organization in the U.S. focusing exclusively on the problem of sexual violence in detention. Whether perpetrated by corrections officials
May 5, 2008: Today, the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC) released draft standards aimed at putting an end to sexual abuse in adult prisons and jails, and in immigration detention centers. Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) considers these standards a crucial step forward in the effort to make zero-tolerance toward rape and other forms of