News  Victim Services Statewide Manager Corinn Crowninshield is featured on El Mundo’s El Hora de Café

The Victim Services Unit is a department of the Massachusetts Probation Service. Ms. Crowninshield, who was interviewed by host Alberto Vasallo III, spoke about Victim Services’ collaboration with the Trial Court’s Office of Language Access (OLA) in offering on-demand interpreter services for victims and survivors of crime in 20 different languages. VSU assists victims with safety planning, notification of court hearings, and referrals to community resources.

Check out a videoclip of Ms. Crowninshield’s interview above.

You may also view the entire show on demand by going to El Mundo’s website.

El Mundo is Massachusetts’ leading Latino media outlet and also the largest Spanish language newspaper in New England. Between live-stream and on-demand views, the show reaches a weekly average of 20,000 households a week. Ms. Crowninshield’s interview is the second in a series of interviews about the collaboration with OLA. Narda Berrios, OLA Senior Manager and Language Access Coordinator, was featured in a May 30th interview during which she encouraged listeners to become interpreters for the court system. The interview was conducted in Spanish.