by pskadmin | May 27, 2018 | News
The Office for Victims of Crime (“OVC”), located within the U.S. Department of Justice, provides funding to organizations that support survivors of human trafficking. The Amara Legal Center receives this vital funding to provide legal services for divorce, child...
by pskadmin | May 24, 2018 | News
BackgroundOn April 11, 2018, President Donald Trump signed the bill generally known as SESTA/FOSTA into law. The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017 or “SESTA” was introduced in the Senate. The bill intended to clarify that Section 230 of the Communications...
by pskadmin | May 24, 2018 | News
(CN) – The Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime boosted its budget this year but nixed funding for a vital legal service that helps human trafficking survivors move forward: expungement of prostitution charges. In its 2018 request for proposals for...
by pskadmin | Dec 14, 2017 | News
A pair of bills that would make it easier to hide or delete some criminal records is dividing D.C. watchdog groups and victim advocates. During a six-hour public hearing Thursday on the legislation, the Judiciary Committee heard testimony from 30 witnesses, including...
by pskadmin | Dec 13, 2017 | News
Ask nearly any professional whose work deals with the wide orbit of commercial sex—lawmakers, psychologists, public health advocates, lawyers, policy advisers—whether sex workers routinely experience abuse by police officers, and you’ll usually get an emphatic yes....
