Offenders will attend the Anti-Sexual Abuse Victim Impact Program
When it comes time for trick-or-treaters to knock on doors this Halloween, local sex offenders will once again be attending an anti-sexual abuse victim impact program designed to keep sex offenders off the streets. The annual program is run by the Westchester County Department of Probation.
Over 100 registered and non-registered sex offenders on probation in Westchester County are required to attend an educational program at theWestchester County Courthouse on Friday, October 31 from 5:30 to 10 p.m. This program is designed to educate offenders and raise awareness about the impact of their actions.
The offenders will hear compelling accounts of devastation perpetrated on children and adult victims and gain insight into how those acts can reverberate through a victim’s life.
One such speaker will be Annie Seifullah, Esq., who is the Co-Founder of Incendii Law, PLLC, which is a woman-owned law firm in New York City. She specializes in supporting victims of technology-facilitated abuse. She herself is a survivor of intimate partner violence and image-based sexual abuse. A second presenter will be Wiley K. March, who is an author, speaker, and founder of the Tiamberus Network, which is a survivor-based organization designed to promote growth, recovery, and community.
Josefa Romero, Program Director of Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) Crime Victims Advocacy Support Services Program (CVASSP), and Celia Megias, also of WJCS, will conduct educational sessions for Spanish-speaking sex offenders.
While the program is in progress, probation officers will be in the community actively tracking down offenders who fail to attend the event. To ensure community safety, offenders will not be allowed to use public transportation after the event. Probation officers will provide transportation home for any offender who needs it.
For more information about the Westchester County Department of Probation, visit our website. This Program is not open to the media.
