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Criminal Justice System: Seizing Stories

Clip: Season 12 Episode 15 | 4m 19s

In this Community Classroom module from Me Facing Life, we hear Cyntoia analyze and reflect on her past sexual history and victimization as well as one step she recently took in prison in response to that past. Part of the Women and Girls Lead, Volume 3 curriculum titled Women, Girls and the Criminal Justice System.

Aired: 01/08/13

Rating: TV-PG

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