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
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., June 30, 2017 — JDI applauds the House Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee for approving a spending bill that includes $15.5 million for vital prisoner rape prevention efforts in Fiscal Year 2018 — a 50 percent increase over the previous year. The bill, which was released yesterday and quickly approved by the
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., May 24, 2017 – Just Detention International (JDI) shares the bipartisan dismay over the White House’s budget proposal and calls on Congress to pass a budget that ensures the safety of prisoners while dramatically reducing the overall number of people who are locked up. However, one of the few bright