Day One of the Justice Department Hearings on Sexual Abuse in Jails Yesterday, a few corrections officials offered some interesting theories as to why their facilities had been found to have high rates of sexual abuse. Officials from three jails — Orleans Parish Prison in Louisiana, Clallam County Jail in Washington, and Miami-Dade County Pre-Trial
April 15, 2012. Just Detention International applauds a new report by the Department of Justice’s Review Panel on Prison Rape, which concludes that prisons and jails that are able to keep inmates safe from sexual abuse have well-trained staff, committed leaders, and strong oversight. Conversely, facilities with unsafe practices and little or no monitoring are
Los Angeles and Johannesburg, April 25, 2012 — Just Detention International (JDI) was dismayed to learn that a high-level South African government official called for the rape in prison of a group of boys and men charged with gang-raping a 17-year-old girl. Responding to the March 31 assault, the official, Clayson Monyela, is quoted as
Bureau of Justice Statistics study confirms national crisis of sexual abuse in U.S. detention, exposes systemic problem of staff retaliation, and shatters prisoner rape stereotypes Washington, D.C., May 17, 2012 — A Department of Justice study released this morning provides the most dramatic evidence yet of a nationwide, systemic crisis of sexual victimization in U.S. prisons, jails, and community corrections facilities. Of
Nine years after passage of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003 and almost two years after missing its statutory deadline, the Department of Justice releases strong, binding standards to end sexual abuse in U.S. corrections facilities. Highlights: PREA applies to all federal confinement facilities; several agencies – including the Department of Homeland Security