Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., October 5, 2015 — Today, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released strong, and long-awaited, standards to prevent the sexual abuse of immigration detainees. CBP’s National Standards on Transport, Escort, Detention, and Search, which apply to the Border Patrol among other agencies within CBP, are a significant improvement over existing
In its fifth year, JDI’s Words of Hope provides life-changing support to people who have endured rape while in the government’s custody. Los Angeles, December 1, 2014 – Today, JDI kicks off its Words of Hope campaign to deliver holiday cards to men and women who have survived rape in prison. Through the campaign, JDI offers
LOS ANGELES – Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR), a human rights advocacy organization dedicated to ending sexual violence in detention, opened their first formal office in Los Angeles today. Founded by survivors of prisoner rape, the organization has been an outspoken advocate for reform for more than twenty years, but until now, their shoe-string budget has