Category: Press Releases

JDI Applauds Bipartisan Leadership on Bill to Support Incarcerated Survivors

Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., May 15, 2020 — At a time when partisan wrangling is the norm, a Democrat and a Republican in the Senate have united behind a landmark piece of legislation to help people in detention whose lives have been shattered by sexual abuse. This week Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Brian

U.S. Senate Introduces Groundbreaking Bill to Bring Rape Crisis Services Behind Bars

The Sexual Abuse Services in Detention Act would establish the country’s first-ever rape crisis hotline for prisoners Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., May 13, 2020 —The U.S. Senate took a major step toward bringing safety and dignity to incarcerated people this afternoon by introducing the Sexual Abuse Services in Detention Act (SASIDA). Sponsored by Senators

Reports of Sexual Abuse in Detention Triple: Investigators Continue to Let Prisoners Down

Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., July 25, 2018 — A new Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report, released today, shows that reports of sexual abuse in detention nearly tripled between 2011 and 2015. In 2011, corrections administrators recorded 8,768 inmate reports of sexual victimization, compared to 24,661 in 2015. The study, titled Sexual Victimization Reported