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California's Forgotten Children is a feature documentary that follows a diverse group of resilient survivors of child sex trafficking who are now courageous leaders fighting for the rights of victims worldwide. The film supports the stories of survivors with current statistics and perspectives of sexual exploitation from professionals in social ...
In its annual report for 2018, the National Human Trafficking Hotline claims that there were 790 cases of human trafficking in California, which is the highest among all states, with sex trafficking being the leading form of trafficking. [28] Of sex trafficking victims in California, 76.3% were females, 3.9% were males and 26.9% were minors.
The 2010 Trafficking in Persons report described the United States as, "a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor, debt bondage, and forced prostitution." [35] Sexual slavery in the United States may occur in multiple forms and in multiple venues.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a high-profile bill to increase prison terms for those convicted of child sex trafficking, legislation that divided Democrats.
While a sex trafficking conviction can carry up to a 12-year prison sentence — or 15 years to life if the crime involves factors such as force, fear, coercion or violence — some anti ...
A former guard at a federal prison where a U.S. official said there was a "culture of sexual abuse of female inmates" was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday, federal prosecutors said.
California prison guard from Clovis sentenced for sex abuse of inmates, prosecutors say. Thaddeus Miller. November 17, 2023 at 11:30 AM. ... An eighth has been charged.
On March 18, 2011, the office of Laura E. Duffy, the US attorney for the Southern District of California, announced that Brandon McKinney, a former correctional officer at MCC San Diego, had been indicted on suspicion of having sexual relations with a female inmate while on duty on July 20, 2010. Since sexual relationships between prison staff ...