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Dorchen Leidholdt

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Today’s guest is Dorchen Leidholdt, the Legal Director of the NYC domestic violence agency, Sanctuary for Families.  In her main role, Dorchen heads the agency’s legal services for survivors of gender-based violence, including providing support for obtaining orders of protection, immigration, sex trafficking. In addition to this important work, Dorchen also leads the “Incarcerated Gender Violence Survivors Initiative” a collaboration among legal and social service agencies, law firms, advocacy groups, former judges and incarcerated survivors committed to assisting survivors of gender-based incarceration in NYS.  Our conversation will focus on this Initiative and the systemic context of the criminal justice system, its policies and practices that exact a heavy toll on victims and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, and its intersection with gender, race, class and disability.  If you know of an incarcerated survivor of gender violence who needs representation, please contact Dorchen at dorchen@sffny.org. During our conversation, Dorchen and I reference the following resources:  Statistics from the ACLU on Female Incarceration Sarah Buel's documentary Defending Our Lives Matter of Rossakis v New York State Bd. of Parole and the role the case had in initiating Sanctuary for Families' work with incarcerated gender violence survivors Sarah Bennett clemency campaign for Linda White The COMPAS test and its use in assessing probation risk Federal Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) requires termination of parental rights when children have been in foster care for 15 of the most recent 22 months  --- Thanks for tuning in to the en(gender)ed podcast! Be sure to check out our en(gender)ed site and follow our blog on Medium. Consider donating because your tax-deductible support is what makes this work sustainable. Please also connect with us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show!

Today’s guest is Dorchen Leidholdt, the Legal Director of the NYC domestic violence agency, <a href="http://sanctuaryforfamilies.org/about-us/our-team/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sanctuary for Families</a>.  In her main role, Dorchen heads the agency’s legal services for survivors of gender-based violence, including providing support for obtaining orders of protection, immigration, sex trafficking. In addition to this important work, Dorchen also leads the “<a href="https://sanctuaryforfamilies.org/sanctuarys-initiative-works-to-reform-parole-hearing-process/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Incarcerated Gender Violence Survivors Initiative</a>” a collaboration among legal and social service agencies, law firms, advocacy groups, former judges and incarcerated survivors committed to assisting survivors of gender-based incarceration in NYS.  Our conversation will focus on this Initiative and the systemic context of the criminal justice system, its policies and practices that exact a heavy toll on victims and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, and its intersection with gender, race, class and disability.  If you know of an incarcerated survivor of gender violence who needs representation, please contact Dorchen at dorchen@sffny.org. During our conversation, Dorchen and I reference the following resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.aclu.org/other/words-prison-did-you-know" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Statistics</a> from the ACLU on Female Incarceration</li> <li>Sarah Buel's documentary <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Defending-Our-Lives-Domestic-Violence/dp/B000YOQZGK" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Defending Our Lives</a></li> <li><a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/appellate-division-first-department/2016/101546-14-1868.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Matter of Rossakis v New York State Bd. of Parole</a> and the role the case had in initiating <a href="https://sanctuaryforfamilies.org/sanctuarys-initiative-works-to-reform-parole-hearing-process/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sanctuary for Families' work</a> with incarcerated gender violence survivors</li> <li>Sarah Bennett clemency campaign for <a href="https://www.albanylaw.edu/media/user/clinic/news_articles/the_case_for_clemency_linda_whites_story_albanylawmag_springsummer_2003.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Linda White</a></li> <li>The <a href="http://www.northpointeinc.com/downloads/research/DCJS_OPCA_COMPAS_Probation_Validity.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">COMPAS test</a> and its use in assessing probation risk</li> <li>Federal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoption_and_Safe_Families_Act" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA)</a> requires termination of parental rights when children have been in foster care for 15 of the most recent 22 months</li> </ul> --- Thanks for tuning in to the en(gender)ed podcast! Be sure to check out our <a href="http://engendered.us/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">en(gender)ed site</a> and follow our blog on <a href="https://medium.com/@engendered" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Medium</a>. Consider donating because your tax-deductible <a href="https://engendered.us/support-the-show/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">support</a> is what makes this work sustainable. Please also connect with us on <a href="https://twitter.com/engenderedpod" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/engenderedpodcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/engenderedpodcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show!

Episode 47:  Dorchen Leidholdt on incarcerated women and survivors of gender-based violence

Sonia Ossorio

Widespread allegations of sexual assault, sexual harassment and other offenses against women are now regularly in the news. Dorchen Leidholdt of Sanctuary for Families, &amp; Sonia Ossorio of the National Organization for Women-NYC shed light on these issues.

Sexual Assault with Dorchen Leidholdt & Sonia Ossorio