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- Holly McKay March 24, 2020 Fox News Concern grows for vulnerable prison populations and employees as coronavirus spreads through overstuffed facilities
- Kristine Phillips and Melissa Brown March 9, 2020 USA TODAY ‘Chaos, confusion and corruption’: Violence persists in Alabama’s prisons despite federal investigation
- John August and Craig Mazin March 3, 2020 Scriptnotes Beyond Bars
- Katie Moore February 21, 2020 The Kansas City Star Guard at Missouri women’s prison sexually assaulted inmate over 52 times: lawsuit
- Hollie McKay January 13, 2020 Fox News Inside the shadowy, unspoken world of prison rape
- Noelle Crombie January 3, 2020 The Oregonian/OregonLive Oregon’s girls juvenile facility reports sexual abuse rates twice national average, new federal data shows
- Jeremy Pelzer December 18, 2019 cleveland.com Ohio’s juvenile prison system has nation’s highest rate of sexual victimization, survey finds
- Sanford Nowlin December 17, 2019 San Antonio Current Federal Report: 1 in 10 Youths in Texas Juvenile Detention Facilities Reported Being Sexually Abused Last Year
- Tony Holt December 16, 2019 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Sex-abuse survey finds high rate at teen lockup in Arkansas
- Michael Barajas December 13, 2019 Texas Observer Federal Report Flags High Rates of Sexual Abuse in Texas Juvenile Lockups
- Paul Heintz December 13, 2019 Seven Days Vermont Prisons Lack Independent Abuse Reporting Hotline
- Randy Ludlow December 12, 2019 The Columbus Dispatch Ohio’s juvenile prisoners report highest rate of sexual victimization in nation
- Melissa Lemieux December 11, 2019 Newsweek Sexual Abuse of Juvenile Detention Center Inmates Drop, But High Rates of Abuse Still Exist, Study Says
- Rebecca Boone December 11, 2019 Associated Press Fewer kids report sex abuse in US juvenile detention centers
- Paul Heintz December 4, 2019 Seven Days Guarded Secrets: Claims of Sexual Misconduct, Drug Use Plague a Vermont Prison for Women
- December 11, 2019 Government Report Reveals a Sharp Drop in Sexual Abuse in Youth Detention — But Omits Crucial Data
- December 21, 2018 First Step Act Will Make Prisons Safer — and Help Protect Inmates from Rape
- November 2, 2018 New Law Adds Teeth to Prison Oversight
- July 25, 2018 Reports of Sexual Abuse in Detention Triple: Investigators Continue to Let Prisoners Down
- July 25, 2018 Reports of Sexual Abuse in Detention Triple: Investigators Continue to Let Prisoners Down
- June 14, 2018 Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Full Funding for the Prison Rape Elimination Act
- May 22, 2018 JDI Applauds the Passage of the First Step Act in the House
- May 10, 2018 Congress Takes Key Step to Strengthen the Prison Rape Elimination Act
- March 22, 2018 Congress Approves Spending Increase for Prisoner Rape Prevention
- January 5, 2018 Audit Database Adds Transparency to State Efforts to End Prisoner Rape
- September 14, 2017 JDI Statement on the Arrest of a Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy for Rape
- September 12, 2017 Statement on Minnesota Legislator’s Prisoner Rape Tweet
No lawyer, academic, policy maker or pundit will ever be able to convey the raw devastation experienced by survivors of rape behind bars, nor the life-changing empowerment felt by those who do decide to speak out about the abuses they endured. JDI encourages journalists to include the voices of former detainees in their stories, honoring their experiences and their wisdom.
For information about JDI or to arrange an interview, please contact:
Jesse Lerner-Kinglake
Communications Director
Office: 213.384.1400 ext.113
Cell: 424.230.4540
Email: jkinglake@justdetention.org
For information about JDI-South Africa or to arrange an interview with our South Africa-based staff, please contact:
Sasha Gear
JDI-South Africa Program Director
Office: +27 11 728 6299
Cell: +27 83 565 7318
Email: sgear@justdetention.org
Reporters on deadline may also contact Executive Director Lovisa Stannow at 310-617-4350