Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., June 30, 2020 – After a lengthy delay, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has finally released some of the data on sexual abuse in the juvenile justice system that it withheld from a December 2019 report. The findings show that in the most dangerous youth facilities, it is staff
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
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
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., December 11, 2019 — A report by the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) finds that sexual abuse has decreased significantly in youth detention facilities. Overall, 7.1 percent of youth reported being sexually abused in their current facility over the previous year — a sharp decline from the previous
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