Mississippi is NOT protecting its students who live in campus housing

The Safe Dormitories Association is an organization of Mississippi citizens who are deeply against our state universities that allow men students to spend long unsupervised hours in the women’s dormitory rooms - their bedrooms - and vice versa for the men’s dormitory rooms. End this policy now. We need your help!

Our research has revealed that a 10-year study exposed the fact that 81 percent of all reported rapes and assaults occurred in the dorms. (The Conversation, published: April 6, 2016, Professor Andrea Curcio)

Join us in the fight to restore decency and safety to our Mississippi dormitories. Our organization worked to introduce a beautifully written bill, The Safe Dorms Act, in the 2025 legislature year to return all the dormitories on our state university campuses to separate-gender dormitories with opposite-gender visitation only in designated public reception areas---not in the girls’ bedrooms. To our great disappointment, our bill died in committee in both the Senate (SB 2218-Hill) and the House of Representatives (HB 1605-Hobgood-Wilkes). We also had an amendment to SB 2221, introduced by Senator Williams, which we were hopeful to pass, but it also died in the house committee under Representative Donnie Scoggin.

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Shockingly these above options do not exist. You might wonder just how many women are harmed each year in their dormitory rooms in our Mississippi Public Universities and Colleges. Below is data collected from the Clery Act for public colleges and universities that receive federal funding. It is shocking information on the rapes reported in our state institutions of higher learning. This Annual Security Report data is for the years 2021, 2022, and 2023 for Mississippi colleges and universities.

Mississippi Universities and Colleges
Stats from 2021 - 2023 ( Past Annual Security Reporting )

✔ Alcorn State University
Rape Reported* - Residence Halls: 4 | On Campus: 14

✔ Delta State University
Rape Reported* - Residence Halls: 1 | On Campus: 1

✔ Jackson State University
Rape Reported* - Residence Halls: 3 | On Campus: 7

✔ Mississippi State University
Rape Reported* - Residence Halls: 21 | On Campus: 40

✔ Mississippi University for Women
Rape Reported* - Residence Halls: 1 | On Campus: 0

✔ Mississippi Valley State University
Rape Reported* - Residence Halls: 3 | On Campus: 3

✔ The University of Mississippi
Rape Reported* - Residence Halls: 18 | On Campus: 40

✔ The University of Southern Mississippi
Rape Reported* - Residence Halls: 6 | On Campus: 7

More than 90% of sexual assault victims on college campuses do not report the assault! (National Sexual Violence Resource Center) Think about that when you read the above statistics.

Furthermore, studies now show the most vulnerable time for women students is the first two months of the freshman year. In fact, to symbolize the danger, the first few months of the fall freshman semester are now commonly called the sexual assault “red zone.” (Professor Andrea Curcio, The Conversation, April 6, 2016)

What can you do? Sign the Petition!
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Sign the Petition and then call your senators and representatives and urge them to join forces with Safe Dormitories Association during this years Session of the Mississippi legislature and pass common sense "Safe Dorms" reform for our students.

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Join us in the fight to restore decency and safety to our Mississippi dormitories. The Safe Dormitories Association is an organization of Mississippi citizens who are deeply against our state universities that allow men students to spend long unsupervised hours in the women’s dormitory rooms - their bedrooms - and vice versa for the men’s dormitory rooms. End this policy now. We need your help!

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