Johannesburg, July 23, 2013. Sonke Gender Justice and Just Detention International condemn Magistrate Herman Badenhorst’s statement: “In prison, you can rape prisoners if you feel like it — at least you won’t be around little children.” According to an IOL news report on Monday 15 July, the magistrate uttered these words while sentencing Neo Molaudzi
UPDATE: Press Statement from Just Detention International and Sonke Gender Justice Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) and Just Detention International (JDI) have a filed a complaint against Magistrate Herman Badenhorst to the Gauteng Regional Court President Modibede Djaje. This follows the organisations’ review of the official transcript of Magistrate Badenhorst’s sentencing, on the 15 July 2013
Advocates, prisoner rape survivors, and political leaders celebrate PREA as a human rights milestone Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., September 4, 2013 – Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), the first federal civil law to address sexual abuse in detention. PREA has sparked a dramatic culture change within U.S. prisons and
October 3, 2013. Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) and Just Detention International (JDI) have made a submission to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services regarding the Department of Correctional Services (JICS) and Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Service’s (JIC) 2012/2013 Annual Reports. It is estimated that 35% of inmates are HIV positive — a prevalence that
Los Angeles, December 3, 2013 – Starting today, Just Detention International (JDI) is inviting supporters to write holiday messages to some of the most marginalized people in the U.S. today: survivors of prisoner rape. JDI’s Words of Hope campaign is a free, simple way to provide incarcerated survivors with some kindness and compassion at an