Despite efforts at the state level in Florida to enforce harsher punishment for sex-trafficking crimes, very few facing related charges end up behind bars, the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting reports. FCIR’s investigation found that only 24 men and women were in Florida prisons for sex-trafficking crimes in mid-October, while “hundreds of prostitutes are still being arrested annually.” These numbers don’t line up with state laws revised in 2012 and 2013 that stipulate “perpetrators of human trafficking be penalized for their illegal conduct and that the victims of trafficking be protected and assisted by this state and its agencies,” according to FCIR.
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