International Programs
JDI has applied lessons learned from its work in the U.S. to the fight to end prisoner rape internationally. The organization launched its South Africa program in 2005, and has since provided training to the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and the Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services (JICS) on sexual abuse prevention, focusing on the link between prisoner rape and the spread of HIV. JDI has worked with local partners and the DCS to finalize a robust policy framework for South Africa’s prisons that explicitly highlights the risk of HIV transmission due to sexual violence and includes measures to reduce such risks. In addition, JDI has worked with South African legislators – including members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services, which is responsible for providing oversight to the DCS – and successfully advocated for measures from the policy framework to be codified into law. JDI has also mobilized local community-based organizations in South Africa to advocate on behalf of inmates and their right to be free from sexual abuse.
In addition to its South Africa program, JDI is conducting exploratory work in Botswana, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Mexico, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom.
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