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

    by Holly Bancroft Nov 28, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: 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.

    Around one fifth of foreign offenders convicted in the have been referred for modern support, data from January to September 2022 shows.

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