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Partnership for Safety and Justice - Rape and Sexual ViolenceArticles and/or groups related to issues of rape and sexual violence inside prisons/jails and in the general community
WA: Rape and Sexual Assault at Women?s Prison Four women incarcerated at the Washington State Corrections Center for Women in Purdy are suing the Department of Corrections after experiencing sexual misconduct, assault and rape at the prison. According to one of the attorneys for the women, the abuse her clients describe is, ?Just the tip of the iceberg.?
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NATL: Prison Rape Elimination Act Resources An End to Silence is a website of resources about stopping and surviving rape and sexual assault in prisons.
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ODSVS Fund Strengthening Services for Crime Survivors - A policy priority of ours was to work with anti-violence advocates from across the state to increase funding for the Oregon Domestic and Sexual Violence Services (ODSVS) Fund.
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2007 Legislative Wrap-Up - Toward a More Effective and Just Approach to Publi... 2007 was by far the most successful legislative session we?ve had since our inception in 1999.
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Get involved in the Partnership for Safety and Justice postcard campaign. Partnership for Safety and Justice needs you, your friends, your neighbors, and your relatives to complete a postcard with a short message to let the Co-Chairs of the Ways and Means Committee, Senator Kurt Schrader and Representative Mary Nolan, know that additional funding is needed to ensure basic services are available around the state.
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2007 Legislative Efforts Partnership for Safety works in Salem to secure new legislation that brings a more balance approach to public safety.
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Natl: Prison Abuse Commission Releases Report After a year-long inquiry, the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons has released Confronting Confinement, a report covering four distinct areas: dangerous conditions of confinement — violence, poor health care, and inappropriate segregation — that can also endanger corrections officers and the public; the challenges facing labor and management; weak oversight of correctional facilities; and serious flaws in the available data about violence and abuse.
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WPP Quoted in Seattle PI Story on Prison Sexual Abuse
WPP was quoted in a Seattle Post-Intelligencer story on King County's decision to bring in consultants specializing in helping prisons and jails prevent sexual abuse. "That's great that they're taking this proactive step," said Brigette Sarabi, executive director of the Portland-based Western Prison Project. "They've got a serious problem."
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WPP Quoted in Oregonian Story on the Voice of Crime Survivors WPP was quoted in an Oregonian column by Steve Duin on the "stampede of Jessica's Law through Oregon's carefully scripted special session." The story includes quotes from some of the bills proponents along with people who question the impact of this bill:
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WPP Quoted in OPB Story on the Ineffectiveness of Longer Sentences
WPP was quoted in a radio story that ran on Oregon Public Broadcasting Radio April 17, 2006, on the newly proposed "Jessica's Law" that will triple sentences for people convicted of certain sex crimes.
Terrie Quinteros, with Crime Survivors for Community Safety in Oregon, says people working with sexual assault victims have been speaking out against long minimum sentences.read more
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