Episode 3: Leaving "the Life"
Exit Wound: The Journey of Exploitation and Beyond by Melanie Thompson and the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Episode notes
This episode touches on all things relating to when an individual first exits the sex trade. Melanie and two survivor leaders (Doraina Rochford and Laura Mullen) get into the details, asking each other Remember when you first left “the life”? Can you remember how you felt? The first person you spoke to? The first place you went? They dive into the feelings of loneliness, isolation and other emotions, while navigating law enforcement, jail and juvenile detention centers, engaging with the hospital/medical systems, trying to find immediate services and much more.