News & Commentary about Violence and Sexual Abuse
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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 in”
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