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Pranshu Verma October 23, 2019 The Philadelphia Inquirer Trans prisoner was pepper-sprayed and says he was invasively searched at Philly’s female jail
Unathi Mahlati and Prince Nare August 30, 2019 GroundUp Incarcerated women tell NGO they are desperate for help
Lovisa Stannow August 21, 2019 Houston Chronicle Border detention facilities for children are a disaster

Katie Moore July 23, 2019 The Kansas City Star He’s charged with sex crimes. His defense: the alleged touching was not consensual.
Eusebius McKaiser July 19, 2019 The Eusebius McKaiser Show Prison Rape: A Survivor Tells His Story
Lovisa Stannow June 11, 2019 Honolulu Star-Advertiser Hawaii has a prisoner rape problem. Here’s how to stop it.

Sherman Smith May 7, 2019 The Topeka Capital-Journal ‘A punch in the gut’: Kansas Department of Corrections officials ignored warnings about dental lab instructor
Tim Carpenter and Sherman Smith April 26, 2019 The Topeka Capital-Journal Kansas prison dental instructor charged with seven counts of sexual misconduct
Prince Nare March 21, 2019 Gender Links SA: Rape Survivors Deserve Our Support

Tina Vasquez March 13, 2019 Rewire.News and Latino USA In Search of Justice: How DHS PREA Standards Don’t Necessarily Protect Immigrants From Assault
Jimmy Jenkins February 14, 2019 KJZZ American Bar Association Calls For Free Feminine Hygiene Products For All Incarcerated Women
SOFIA ROBINSON December 21, 2018 The New York Times I’m 13 and I Write Holiday Cards to People in Prison

Valerie Bauman December 10, 2018 The Daily Mail The forgotten voices of #metoo: Prison rape in America – perpetrated by both inmates and staff – remains pervasive and under-reported 15 years after the passage of a law intended to end crisis
Hamilton Nolan November 28, 2018 Splinter Send a Holiday Card to a Prison Rape Survivor
Lauren Lee White November 21, 2018 WitnessLA #MeToo Behind Bars: How Federal Investigators Are Ignoring Prison Sexual Assaults They Are Hired To Report

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

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
June 30, 2017 House Spending Bill Proposes Record Levels of Funding to Stop Prisoner Rape
May 24, 2017 White House Budget Falls Short — Despite Funding for PREA

May 17, 2017 National Standards to Stop Prisoner Rape Turn Five
May 11, 2017 Momentum Builds for National Standards to Stop Prisoner Rape
December 19, 2016 JDI Statement on the Passage of the Justice For All Act

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