TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Dec 29, 2022

The Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking (CCAHT) says between 90% and 95% of human trafficking victims will find themselves in the criminal justice system at some point, according to WBIR in Knoxville. CCAHT launched a program with the Bledsoe County Correctional Facility last year to “provide individual support and group services to women who are incarcerated, who have a history of trafficking or exploitation,” says Executive Director Kate Trudell. A new law goes into effect on Jan. 1 that will require training in departments such as the Tennessee Department of Corrections, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Department of Human Services to include ways to identify, intervene, prevent and help survivors of human trafficking. CCAHT helped push for the law.