From Impact/Justice:
Community members have the power and, arguably, the responsibility to look out for one another’s well-being. Whether your community is your neighborhood, a recreational activity with which you are involved, or, as we often discuss at the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Resource Center, the confinement facility in which you work, you can play a role in building and maintaining safety.
This Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s theme is “building connected communities to prevent and address sexual violence.” To shine a light on community-driven prevention, we talked with representatives of confinement agencies and rape crisis programs that are doing collaborative work to enhance their prevention and intervention programs. Here is what they shared:
Thomas Yellow Boy, PREA Coordinator for the Wanbli Wiconi Tipi Juvenile Detention Center, reports that screening has helped his agency connect youth with the services they need. Continue reading >>>
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