A Teenage Life in the American Sex Trade, Part 1

A Teenage Life in the American Sex Trade, Part 1

The information contained in this blog was obtained from a phone interview with Jes Richardson, conducted on March 13, 2014. Jes has given the Amara Legal Center permission to publish this story, one of a three part series on Jes’ life as a sex worker.  Jes Richardson...
What Motivates a Pimp May Surprise You

What Motivates a Pimp May Surprise You

At $290 million, the city of Atlanta has the largest underground commercial sex economy in the country. This revelation is the result of a study conducted by the Urban Institutes Justice Policy Center. The study found that between 2003 and 2007, Atlanta and Seattle...