Mission
Just Detention International (JDI) is a health and human rights organization that seeks to end sexual abuse in all forms form of detention. JDI has three core goals for its work: to hold government officials accountable for prisoner rape; to promote public attitudes that value the health and safety of inmates; and to ensure that survivors of sexual abuse behind bars get the help they need.
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