Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS IN PRISON Proactive Measures Only 1 n7 domestic assaults come to the attention of the police Often, domestic abuse is not reported and kept sient. By supporting programs and organizations where women can receive help as wel as raising awareness of the national epidemic of domestic violence can help women get out of abusive situations Through proactive measures that can prevent domestic violence from occuring, Alternatives to Incarceration $ $$ $ $55,000 Incarceration in NYS alternatives to incarcerations that $11.000 ATI Programs in NYS could save the public money and the passing of the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act, we can be freed from the injustice Average Yearly Cost Per Person Currently there is only one ATI program avalable for women in New York who have been charged with arimes related to abuse they have exqperlenced All's such as STEPS To End Famly Violence can save the publc money and help to empower cormunities. that domestc violence creates Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act in every community. convicted of kiling an intimate partner were This act is a legislation aurrently pending by NYS legislature. If enacted, the act would: 1. Alow judges to sentence domestic violence survivors convicted of crimes directly related to the abuse they suffered to shorter prison terms or community-based alternatives-to-incarceration progrom, and 67% 2. Permit aurrently incorcerated survivors to apply to he 67% of women sent to prison courts for resentencing of earlier release for kiling someone dose to The act wil take critical steps in changing our justice them were abused by the system for survivor-defendents and help protect their victim of their orime. e abused by an intimate partner in the t human rights, al whle saving significant state funds and erhancing public safety By Cara Shh at The Is Collective lwwwcheiscollective.com Al statistics and facts in this infogrophic is taken from the Correctional Association's fact sheets and reports SUPPORT DVSJAI ponse to DV survivors by sharing nformation RAISE AWARENESS Raise awareness of the ariminal justice system's inadequate EDUCATE YOURSELF TAKE ACTION Educate others on the urgent need to change current laws Write directly to your legislators by submitting the DVSJA support letter found at wwwdvsurvivorsjusticeact.org you can find at wwwdvsurvivorsjusticeact.org Suffered serious physical violence by an intimate partner during adulthood Of the 38 women convicted of murder betweet a single one returnd to prison for a new crime.