Center Helps Teens Escape Prostitution

Teenagers who run away from home can fall into the hands of a pimp or gang and be sold for prostitution. But, for 35 years, a Los Angeles-based charity called Children of the Night has helped young girls, and sometimes boys, escape a life on the streets.   Their backgrounds are similar.  They tend to come from troubled and sometimes abusive homes, then get involved with the wrong kind of friends.    For 16-year-old Sarah, the brush with prostitution happened a year...

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