human trafficking
The Machine
The Agency Gets a Seat at the Table. Families Get a Deadline.
Alabama's new child sexual abuse commission has 16 seats. One belongs to the DHR director, the head of the agency the commission is supposed to examine. The report is due November 1, and then the commission dissolves.
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The People Writing the Rules: A Lawmaker, A School Board President, and an Alabama Trafficking Sting
The arrests happened at a hotel in Atmore, a small town in Escambia County near the Florida line, during a three-day undercover operation that ran October 1 through 3. Atmore police, working with seven...