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HUMAN RIGHTS
Lawmakers Move to Bar Prosecution of Trafficking Victims Under Bipartisan Bill
Pieper Lewis was ordered to pay her rapist’s family $150,000. A bipartisan bill would bar courts from punishing trafficking victims for acts committed under coercion.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Oversight Council Hears Chilling Accounts of Sex Trafficking in Montana
Survivors describe years of rape, beatings, threats and quota systems as trafficking jumps 1,900 percent in Montana.
MENTAL HEALTH
Abuse and Neglect Plague Arizona’s Mingus Mountain All-Girls Psychiatric Facility
Former patients describe horrific sexual abuse and violent restraints at Mingus Mountain. Lawmakers are demanding a full review to protect vulnerable teens.
HUMAN RIGHTS
New $215 Million Victims Fund Will Help Survivors Sex Trafficked on Backpage
The owners were jailed and the website assets confiscated, but the role of Tony Ortega—Backpage’s notorious sex trafficking champion—remains to be fully explored.
