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Jamie's Story: A Journey Through (and Beyond) the Legal System Audiobook

Jamie’s Story follows a young individual who identifies as nonbinary and serves as a victim witness in a sex trafficking case.

The story follows them as—

  • they are questioned during a police investigation;
  • speak with a prosecutor in preparation for testifying in court; and
  • receive support from their therapist, group home staff, and victim advocate.

Throughout the audiobook, Jamie and anyone following their story, learn some techniques to help cope with strong feelings.

View additional Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials.

Acknowledgements:

This audiobook was produced by the Center for Justice Innovation and Alternate History Comics, with audio editing and mix by Ian Bodzasi. This project was supported by cooperative agreement #2018-V3-GX-K069, which was awarded to the Center by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, for the Child Witness Materials Project.

The main characters in this audiobook were played by young people with lived experiences of human trafficking. Center for Justice Innovation staff and adult survivor leaders voice acted the practitioner roles and various other support roles throughout the stories.

The Center for Justice Innovation is grateful to the young people and survivor leaders who participated in this project and brought such life and energy to their characters. Special thanks to the main cast: 

  • Joshua Bravo (Marcus and support roles)
  • Shamyia Wilcox (Jamie)
  • Nicole Potes (Gigi and support roles)
Date Published: March 2, 2023