RICADV doesn’t stop protecting people from domestic violence during the pandemic

James Bessette

04/02/2021

ALWAYS AVAILABLE: Tonya Harris, executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said the group’s shelters remained open during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide people a safe haven if they were fleeing a violent situation, while the organization’s 24-hour hotline remained on call. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Sadly, even in a pandemic, home is not always the safest place to be. The ongoing COVID-19 health crisis has posed an array of significant challenges for many people. That includes domestic-abuse victims sheltering in place with an abuser who may now have around-the-clock access to said victims, and the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic

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