Category: Press Releases

In Juvenile Justice System, Staff Sexual Abuse Runs Rampant

Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., November 24, 2020 — Newly released data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) shows a direct link between widespread sexual abuse in youth detention facilities and blatantly unprofessional behavior by staff. The findings detail how staff perpetrators routinely crossed boundaries with children prior to abusing them, in ways that should

Linda McFarlane Appointed as the Next Executive Director of Just Detention International

Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., September 15, 2020 — Linda McFarlane, a veteran advocate and JDI’s longtime Deputy Executive Director, will take over next month as the organization’s new Executive Director. McFarlane brings to the role her extensive experience leading JDI’s pathbreaking initiatives to prevent and respond to sexual abuse inside detention facilities, and her expertise