Resource: The Southwest Center for Law & Policy released “A Review of Criminal Prosecution of Battered Native Women for Failure to Protect” detailing a disturbing trend in Tribal and state courts. Under the laws and practices of many jurisdictions, battered Native women with children face criminal prosecution at an alarming rate for failing to leave their abusers or failing to report or seek help for the abuse they and their children suffer. Access the report at https://www.swclap.org/wp-content/uploads/FAILURETOPROTECT.pdf

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