Taking back control: how a remote island in Alaska tackled domestic abuse

Generations of sustained traumas haunt the Aleut Community of St Paul Island, but shelters, social workers and programs aim to help

When Stacy Bourdukofsky’s abusive ex-husband touched down on the small island where they live to stand trial for strangling his girlfriend and whacking a man in the head with a bat, she was waiting to board the outbound flight on the same jet.

She’d gone to extreme measures to escape him in the past, and she wasn’t about to let him unnerve her this time around.

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Continue reading... February 08, 2018 at 04:30PM