Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., May 10, 2018 — Just Detention International (JDI) applauds the House Judiciary Committee for approving the First Step Act, a criminal justice bill that includes a provision to strengthen the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The bill, which enjoys strong bipartisan support and passed out of the Committee after a
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., March 22, 2018 — Just Detention International (JDI) cheered the major increase in funding for the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) included in today’s House of Representatives Omnibus spending package. The bill provides $15.5 million for PREA programs — a fifty percent increase over the amount in last year’s budget. It
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., January 5, 2018 — JDI applauds the Department of Justice’s launch of the first-ever database of audit reports that assess U.S. detention facilities’ progress toward ending prisoner rape. Published by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the new website represents a major victory for JDI and fellow advocates, who have long
Los Angeles, September 14, 2017 — JDI is appalled by the report that two Los Angeles County jail inmates were raped by a sheriff’s deputy. The deputy, who is alleged to have committed the assaults at the Century Regional Detention Facility, was arrested yesterday. “What happened at the jail represents a profound failure of the Los Angeles
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., September 12, 2017 — JDI condemns a recent tweet by Minnesota state legislator Pat Garofalo calling for protestors to be sexually assaulted behind bars. Posted Sunday night, the Republican legislator expressed his wish that members of antifa who clashed with police in Portland, Oregon, should be detained and given “alone time