Very Young Girls

Dominique talks about home: "We fought a lot in the house, a lot of violence in my house, fist fights." (0:10)

An unidentified girl snorts white powder cocaine (?) from foil with a straw. (0:14)

Group psychotherapy at GEMS (Girls Educational & Mentoring Services) (0:27, 0:29, 0:43, 0:46, 1:10)

GEMS founder Rachel Lloyd talks about herself and the beginning of Girls Educational & Mentoring Services: "I was suicidal. I was self mutilating a lot." (0:28)

Rachel talks about the lack of a cure for prostitution, comparing it to addiction: "There's no detox. There's no methadone." (0:48)

Carolina: "Truth is, I relapsed." (0:52)

Shaquanna in hospital with facial injuries: "The last thing... beat with a piece of wood which I had to block out. I thank God I don't remember what happened 'cause I don't think I'd be able to sleep at night." (0:55)

Rachel: "I might as well just kill myself..." (1:03)

cocaine | group psychotherapy | Physical Abuse of Child | Sexual Abuse of Child | suicide