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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bancroft

Modern slavery survivors ‘imprisoned for crimes they were forced to commit’

PA/ The Indepedent

Survivors of modern slavery are being sent to prison for crimes they were forced to commit and not being identified for help, new research suggests.

Academics surveyed prison workers who are designated contacts for victims of modern slavery in custody and more than half said the number of victims in prison was likely underestimated.

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