Central Coast

Florida keeps using unpaid prison labor to prepare for hurricanes
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Florida keeps using unpaid prison labor to prepare for hurricanes

ByEyes on Trafficking News

  As Floridians prepared for Hurricane Idalia to make landfall on the upper central coast earlier this week, several counties deployed unpaid prison labor, as they have in the past, to fill the sandbags used to prevent flood damage. At least four counties — including Lake County, Polk County, Taylor County and Flagler County — relied on…

New law fights human trafficking at California hotels and motels – KSBY
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New law fights human trafficking at California hotels and motels – KSBY

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A new bill aimed at fighting human trafficking has been signed into law in California. The new law means hefty fines for hotel owners who suspect human trafficking is happening but don’t report it. “It will help incentivize businesses to not turn a blind eye to what’s happening underneath their noses,” said San Luis Obispo…

New law fights human trafficking at California hotels and motels
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New law fights human trafficking at California hotels and motels

ByEyes on Trafficking News

A new bill aimed at fighting human trafficking has been signed into law in California. The new law means hefty fines for hotel owners who suspect human trafficking is happening but don’t report it. “It will help incentivize businesses to not turn a blind eye to what’s happening underneath their noses,” said San Luis Obispo…

Central Coast residency program to train future doctors in caring for human trafficking victims
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Central Coast residency program to train future doctors in caring for human trafficking victims

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Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria has a new residency program to train future doctors on how to treat people who have suffered from human trafficking. The hospital said this program started in 2016 in Sacramento and has slowly expanded to Redding, Northridge, and now the Central Coast. The U.S. Department of Justice estimates…