Teen Prostitutes In The U.S.

Katie Couric Reports for CBS News, 22 July 2009 :

Every Year, as Many of 300,000 Children and Teens are Lured into Prostitution in the United States:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/22/eveningnews/main5181151.shtml

CBS Evening News Video (5:46):

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5181319n

Jessica is a straight-A student ... She was afraid she'd have to drop out of college when her father lost his job in the auto industry .... "There was that voice in the back of my head saying, 'Oh, you know, things aren't this bad off.' And then you get the school bill ..."

Katie Couric Reports for CBS News, 23 July 2009:

In the last two years 383 girls under the age of 18 have been arrested or detained by the Las Vegas vice squad. The girls come from all over the United States (60% are not from Nevada), treated as disposable commodities by their pimps.

"Some of the kids are as young as 12 - part of a massive workforce of prostitutes, some 35,000 strong, who operate in casinos, clubs, hotels and the streets along the Vegas strip":

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/23/eveningnews/main5184308.shtml

CBS Evening News Video (4:48 ):

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5184820n

After release from arrest or detention, there is nowhere for these girls to go: currently 80% wind up right back with their pimps. PSEC Nevada is developing a project to build a safe house for Nevada's sexually exploited children and attempt to break this cycle of repeated abuse:

http://nevadachild.tripod.com/