State, County Officials Secure Funding WAPT.COM // Beginning Friday, domestic violence victims will have a new hotline to call for legal advice. It took state and Hinds County officials more than a year to secure funding for the hotline, which is 1-877 609-9911. It will be staffed by lawyers and domestic violence counselors, and law [...]
A Yoga Mala (108 Sun Salutations) benefiting the Center for Violence Prevention Saturday, August 7, 2010 10:00 a.m. – noon The Arts Center of Mississippi $25 Never done a sun salutation, much less 108 of them? That’s okay. All levels of ability and endurance are welcome to participate. Come join in a powerful and positive [...]
Sandy Middleton, executive director at The Center for Violence Prevention in Pearl said that the $157,950.00 grant awarded to the Mississippi Center for Police and Sheriffs will help women and their children better afford the legal services needed to get out of abusive homes. In some cases, she said, children have had to stay in homes with fathers or stepfathers who may be sexually assaulting them because their mothers are not able to afford the costs of getting away.
About 10 minutes before Jasmine stabbed her boyfriend, William, he had her on the floor of her grandmother’s house, choking her to the point that she passed out. It wasn’t the first time he had attacked her in that way, but it would be the last, she said.
So far, about 150 people have taken part in the six-month court ordered program. It’s run by the Center for Violence Prevention in Pearl, and so far, there are no reports that any of those who have enrolled in the program have abused again. “I’m still wrong for what I did. But I’m still proud [...]