Traveling exhibit highlights stories of Montana crime victims

GREAT FALLS — When a household is affected by a violent crime, their lives are modified perpetually. One place this modification is apparent is on the dinner desk, the place an empty place is a reminder of a misplaced beloved one.

The Montana Division of Corrections’ (DOC) Sufferer Companies staff is bringing focus to this loss with a touring exhibit known as “Empty Place At The Desk,” which is on show this week on the Cascade County Courthouse.

The exhibit, which honors victims/survivors, could be seen on Wednesday, April 20, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., and Thursday, April 21, from 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.

It options place settings offered by victims and survivors of crime representing the lack of family members or some a part of themselves because of a felony act towards them.

The exhibit contains place settings that includes private objects from victims and survivors of murder, DUI/fatality, theft, housebreaking, murdered and lacking indigenous ladies, childhood sexual assault, and rape survivors.

Monica Huffman, a Sufferer Liaison, stated the desk additionally creates alternatives to speak to folks about how the DOC may help.

Monica Huffman, Sufferer Liaison

“We attempt to speak to them concerning the providers that we provide on the Division of Corrections for victims after which we attempt to speak concerning the applications that assist victims heal that we provide via the Division of Corrections,” Huffman defined.

“The Division of Corrections acknowledges the trauma of against the law doesn’t finish when there’s a conviction,” stated Sufferer Companies Program Supervisor Jamie Rogers in a information launch. “‘ The Empty Place At The Desk’ exhibit honors victims, survivors and others in Montana. For these folks experiencing trauma from crime, the tablescape is completely modified. This exhibit is a visible reminder of the Division of Corrections’ dedication to maintain the voices, considerations, and desires of victims of crime current of their work day-after-day.”

After April 21, the show can be taken right down to be featured in different components of the state. Click on right here to go to the Crime Victims Help web site.

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