Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., January 21, 2022 — JDI applauds the recent revisions to the federal prison system’s guidelines on housing transgender people. Published last week on the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) website, the guidelines include safeguards to ensure the safety of transgender people in custody, closely matching — and in some ways exceeding
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., November 11, 2021 — Just Detention International (JDI) is thrilled to learn that it has been nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. In their submission to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the nominator — who, per convention, wishes to remain anonymous — cited JDI’s singular role in fighting to end
Advocates are encouraged by new data showing that adults and kids in detention are more comfortable speaking out. But shoddy investigations continue to plague both adult and juvenile systems. Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., June 2, 2021 — Children and adults in custody are filing a record number of sexual abuse reports, according to a
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
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