Child Abuse

In The Moment … September 28, 2020 Show 911 Hour 1

In The Moment ... October 1, 2019 Show 670 Hour 2

Sasha Joseph Neulinger's interest in film started in early childhood as he grew up around cameras. His father, also a filmmaker, often brought equipment home.

Neulinger is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. As an adult, he turned his interest in film making into an opportunity to revisit the trauma of his childhood, tell his story to the world, and change the lives of other survivors.

Photographers will tell you that the camera can be a powerful tool. An Aberdeen photographer uses her camera to produce works that get attention and highlight the issues of child abuse and neglect.

Crystal Harper clicks through dozens of folders on a computer. There are disturbing portraits of children with black eyes and cuts. But the injuries aren’t real, they’re makeup.

“This image is a little boy in a dark dingy room with lots of graffiti and monsters on the wall.”

The discovery of two severely malnourished and abused girls on the Pine Ridge Reservation has resulted in concern, anger and action from the local community.  Lakota tribal members living on Pine Ridge and in the surrounding area have come together with one goal in mind…ensuring that such a tragedy doesn’t happen again.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley stopped by the SDPB studios during his visit to Vermillion on Wednesday.  He joined host Karl Gerhke to discuss the South Dakota Public Safety Improvement Act passed by the 2013 state legislature and signed into law by Governor Dennis Daugaard in February.  He also explained the "Period of Purple Crying" program launched during Child Abuse Prevention Month.