MINNEAPOLIS – Could big comfy pillows, colorful bedding and rugs, freshly painted walls and decorative art help protect girls from abuse and exploitation? Maybe. In fact, it’s the hope of the staff of Brittany’s Place, a shelter for child victims of sex trafficking. The shelter got a free makeover this […]
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Volunteer interior designers turn girls’ shelter from drab to dreamy for teens escaping sex trafficking
Could big comfy pillows, colorful bedding and rugs, freshly painted walls and decorative art help protect girls from abuse and exploitation? Maybe. In fact, it’s the hope of the staff of Brittany’s Place, a shelter for child victims of sex trafficking. The shelter got a free makeover this month when […]
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This sex trafficking victim is behind bars, suicidal. She seeks Newsom’s clemency
Keiana Aldrich, a sex trafficking victim, is petitioning Gov. Gavin Newsom for clemency. (Courtesy of Maggy Krell) Keiana Aldrich has struggled to keep herself alive inside the California Institution for Women for months, anxious about the coronavirus, scared of retaliation for reporting alleged sexual abuse and fighting the urge to […]