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- Linda McFarlane December 1, 2021 The Miami Herald My organization sends holiday cards to incarcerated people every year. But we can’t in Florida anymore
- Linda McFarlane September 15, 2021 The Philadelphia Inquirer Mail is a lifeline for incarcerated people. Why is Pennsylvania blocking it?
- Mia Armstrong August 9, 2021 Slate Prisons Are Increasingly Banning Physical Mail
- Blake Nelson June 26, 2021 NJ.com N.J. prison officers know they work a tough job, yet ‘we’re always the bad guys in the public’s view’
- Destinee Patterson April 23, 2021 KSLA News 12 A look at how the #MeToo Movement has shaped sexual assault awareness
- Johanna Mills April 8, 2021 Medium Reentry into a Digital World
- Gina Tron February 25, 2021 Oxygen ‘The Lady And The Dale’ And The Ongoing Plight Of Trans Inmates In The U.S.
- Julie K. Brown December 22, 2020 Miami Herald Florida’s Lowell prison is cesspool of sexual abuse by staff, feds say in blistering report
- Sara Coello December 7, 2020 Post and Courier SC inmates use art to heal from sexual assault trauma, domestic violence
- Editorial Board December 5, 2020 Washington Post Far too many minors suffer sexual abuse in youth detention centers. They must be protected.
- TCR Staff November 25, 2020 The Crime Report Staff Sex Abuse of Youth in Detention Widespread, Figures Show
- David Pescovitz October 9, 2020 Boing Boing Steve Steinberg, hacker, writer, friend (1970-2020)
- Romy Ellenbogen September 17, 2020 Tampa Bay Times No consequences after Florida officers admit to sexually abusing inmates, lawsuit says
- July 19, 2020 The New York Review of Books David Kaiser, who exposed the horrors of prisoner rape and the deceptions of Exxon
- John Schwartz July 16, 2020 The New York Times David Kaiser, Rockefeller Heir Who Fought Exxon Mobil, Dies at 50
- May 16, 2022 Justice Department to Hold Hearings on Sexual Abuse in Youth Detention
- January 21, 2022 Crucial Revisions to Federal Prison Guidelines Will Offer Protections for Incarcerated Transgender People
- November 11, 2021 Statement on Just Detention International’s Nomination for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
- June 2, 2021 People in Custody Are Reporting Sexual Abuse — But Corrections Officials Aren’t Always Responding
- November 24, 2020 In Juvenile Justice System, Staff Sexual Abuse Runs Rampant
- September 15, 2020 Linda McFarlane Appointed as the Next Executive Director of Just Detention International
- June 30, 2020 New Government Data Sheds Light on Sexual Abuse in Juvenile Detention – But Continues to Withhold Key Findings
- May 15, 2020 JDI Applauds Bipartisan Leadership on Bill to Support Incarcerated Survivors
- May 13, 2020 U.S. Senate Introduces Groundbreaking Bill to Bring Rape Crisis Services Behind Bars
- 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
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 Co-Director
Office: +27 11 728 6299
Cell: +27 83 565 7318
Email: sgear@justdetention.org