News & Commentary about Violence and Sexual Abuse


Jul 13, 2012
Presbyterians Speak Out Against Solitary Confinement

May 30, 2012
Justice Department Takes First Steps to Protect Kids from Rape

May 29, 2012
It’s Time to Value Public Safety over Revenge

May 25, 2012
Solitary Confinement: “More broken than when they went inâ€

May 21, 2012
New Federal Standards Offer Unprecedented Protections to LGBTI Prisoners

May 21, 2012
One Year Longer? Why Won’t DHS Protect Its Detainees under the Prison Rape Elimination Act Right Now?

May 21, 2012
PREA Rule: DOJ Takes First Steps to Protect Prison Rape Victims
May 17, 2012
The Shameful Index of Prison Rape - Action on PREA Can End the Violence

May 2, 2012
Long Island Should Break its Addiction to Incarceration

Apr 30, 2012
Private Prisons Are the Problem, Not the Solution