This six-year photo story, made in Maine, follows one woman’s long journey out of sex trafficking and toward survival. It reveals how broken systems allow exploitation to persist—poverty, isolation, childhood trauma, addiction, and gaps in social services that leave individuals vulnerable to coercion and control. Cary’s experience reflects broader struggles tied to domestic violence, foster care, and housing insecurity. Set against Maine’s opioid crisis and geographic isolation, it exposes a hidden trafficking corridor and challenges the assumption that trafficking happens only elsewhere.
