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One-day training for local law enforcement and prosecutors on DV-related trauma, state and local partnerships, and improved prosecution; goal is better attendee understanding of these issues that can be taken back home and employed in south central PSN team DV reduction strategies.
Through These Doors (the domestic violence resource center in Cumberland County, Maine) and Maine Pre-Trial Services were awarded a prestigious grant from the MacArthur Foundation in October 2018 to improve collaboration between the two organizations to reach women who are incarcerated identifying as victims/survivors of domestic and sexual violence. This pilot project, Project Safe Release, is one of the first nationally to partner victim advocacy services and pre-trial services.
