TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Brittany Sims on Mar 12, 2015

Domestic abuse advocates are concerned about a bill they say could take funds away from domestic violence shelters and outreach centers, the Tullahoma News reports. House Bill 1302 would direct money from domestic assault fines to pay for global positioning (GPS) monitoring for indigent domestic abuse and stalking defendants. Tennessee’s 32 domestic violence shelters are already funded on a “shoestring” budget and the concept of GPS monitoring of defendants is flawed, said Kathy Walsh, executive director of the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence.