sure, they COULD have gotten her into some sort of program to help her. NOPE NOPE NOPE. they threw her in stir (when they found out she was 13, they took her from big grrrl jail to little grrrl jail, juvee)
fuck you (once again) texas
(please note, i have actually BEEN to texas. i actually LOVED texas and it's peeps. but something MUST change here)
Texas Needs to Follow NY’s Example & Not Charge Child Prostitutes
Posted by Ellen Friedrichs
Here’s a situation: You are a 13-year-old girl forced into prostitution by an adult pimp. Despite the fact thirteen is under the age of consent, and you can’t even legally have sex with a peer, let alone with an adult, you are still charged with the crime of selling sex. Oh, and the 32-year-old man who got you started? Well, he walks free.
If that sounds outrageous, it should. But that exact situation is currently going on in Texas. As a blogger for the San Antonio Current explains,
“The case involves a girl identified as B.W., taken from her mother at age 11 and placed with Child Protective Services. After running away from CPS, she was picked up by Houston Police Department officers two years later after they observed her trying to sell herself on the street. She was booked on charges of prostitution. Later, after her age of 13 became known, she was placed in the juvenile system and charged with delinquency for committing prostitution instead of returning her to CPS.”........
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