Rise launches legal guides to help Islanders report and prosecute sexual assault

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The Rise program is providing two new authorized publications to assist P.E.I. residents with reporting and prosecuting sexual assaults on the Island.

The Reporting Sexual Assault: A Information for Victims on P.E.I. and Sexual Assault Prosecution: A Information for Victims on P.E.I. offers residents plain-language authorized details about reporting and prosecuting sexual assault.

The Rise Program presents free authorized assist to these affected by sexual or intimate associate violence and office sexual harassment.

Group Authorized Info (CLI), the corporate that created the Rise Program, offers comprehensible and helpful details about the regulation and the justice system on the Island.

The publications had been made with assist from the P.E.I. Division of Justice and Public Security.

“Rise is another method that CLI promotes entry to justice for Island residents,” stated CLI govt director Ellen Mullaly.

“Navigating the felony justice system could be overwhelming. These guides present sensible info to those that want it.”

The free publication is on the market in French and English.

These can contact this system at 902-218-6143 for print copies or obtain the publication online.

Anybody who has skilled sexual or intimate associate violence or office sexual harassment is requested to contact the rise program at [email protected] or by textual content/cellphone at 902-218-6143.