Category: Press Releases

Words of Hope – JDI’s Lifesaving Holiday Campaign

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

Pivotal Justice Department Hearings on Sexual Abuse on Detention

On January 8-9, the Review Panel on Prison Rape will gather testimony from officials representing some of the country’s best- and worst-performing prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities. Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., January 8, 2014 – The Review Panel on Prison Rape is holdings public hearings today and tomorrow on sexual abuse in detention. The

New Federal Report: Too Few Abusive Staff Face Legal Consequences

Los Angeles, January 23, 2014 – A new Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report reveals the ongoing failure of corrections agencies to hold officials accountable for sexual abuse. Today’s study, which includes data from prisons and jails covering a three-year period, shows that almost half of staff who were found to have committed sexual misconduct