Adults have an obligation to guide children and teenagers in positive directions in life. Unfortunately, some individuals may instead choose to take advantage of young people and put those children in damaging situations by committing sexual abuse. When this happens,...
Month: April 2021
Sexual abuse at youth detention center spanned decades
Accounts of crimes against children, especially crimes of a sexual nature, often leave a pit in one’s stomach. Children relying on adults to keep them safe sometimes face sexual abuse from those same adults or endure a lack of help from other adults in positions of...
Child abuse prevention should happen every month, not just April
Far too often, innocent children are subjected to neglect and abuse from parents, relatives and other adults in their lives. Individuals who are supposed to provide care and support may instead deprive children of their needs and physically, mentally and sexually...
Kids sexually abused by neighborhood ‘grandfather figure’
Children are often trusting of adults, especially when those adults seem nice, give them gifts or otherwise try to make the children feel as if the adults are trustworthy. Unfortunately, predators in New Mexico and elsewhere often use these tactics and then use that...
New Mexico bill hopes to prevent sexual abuse in schools
Teachers and other employees that work in an educational setting are often trusted by students. Most often, teachers and other school workers do their best to protect students and work toward helping them thrive. Unfortunately, some individuals take an unscrupulous...
Female correctional officers face harsh battles, but have important rights
Given that correctional officers work among violent criminals on a daily basis, it is no surprise that they serve in one of the most dangerous professions in America. Some occupational threats are preventable, however, and the failure of prison administrators to...
