The 18-year-old escaped sex trafficking; now, she faces a prison term. Her case isn’t an anomaly for Black women and girls, and many aren’t seen as victims, advocates say.
Author: Christina Carrega
Christina Carrega is an award-winning journalist and the National Criminal Justice Reporter for Capital B. Her past roles include a crime and justice reporter for CNN, multimedia reporter for ABC News, news editor of The Queens Daily Eagle and The Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspapers as well as a criminal justice reporter for The New York Daily News and The New York Post.