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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
Victoria Law September 30, 2018 Truthout For People Behind Bars, Reporting Sexual Assault Leads to More Punishment

Jordan Wilkie September 26, 2018 Indy Week We Don’t Know How Many LGBTQ Youth Are in N.C.’s Juvenile Justice System. That’s a Problem.
Julie K. Brown August 10, 2018 The Miami Herald Amid reports of sexual extortion, other horrors, feds subpoena records, tour women’s prison
Alysia Santo July 25, 2018 The Marshall Project Prison Rape Allegations Are on the Rise

Adam Ashton July 24, 2018 The Sacramento Bee Sexual misconduct reports spike in California prisons
Rodney Roussell July 9, 2018 New York Times The Rape Jokes We Still Laugh At
Lovisa Stannow June 20, 2018 New York Times Standing By as Prisoners Are Raped

Lovisa Stannow May 17, 2018 Honolulu Star-Advertiser Bipartisan drive to end prison rapes includes Hawaii senator
Alice Speri April 11, 2018 The Intercept Detained, then Violated
Elizabeth King and Emily Shugerman March 10, 2018 The Independent ‘Prisoners are people first’: America’s inmates are ready for their #MeToo moment

Borys Krawczeniuk February 19, 2018 Standard Speaker Culture at Lackawanna prison led to sex abuse scandal, says attorney general
Julian Clegg February 15, 2018 BBC Radio Solent A sharp rise in reports of sexual abuse by prisoners in England and Wales could be the tip of the iceberg
Lovisa Stannow January 28, 2018 Los Angeles Times No one deserves to be raped — not even Larry Nassar

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
December 2, 2016 U.S Congress Passes Crucial Bill to Stop Prisoner Rape

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