01/12/2026
This art was created by women inside the Barnstable County Correctional Facility. It expresses their hopes, feelings and experiences of human trafficking. This is an issue here on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and New England, with devasting consequences.
In 2024, there were 115 identified cases of human trafficking, particularly s*x and labor trafficking, with 326 survivors in Massachusetts.
According to the late, great Janice Hank, of Cape Cod PATH: People Against Trafficking Humans , “In every town there is some human trafficking, labor trafficking, domestic servitude … no one is exempt.”
To report a possible case or to get help, you can contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888, TTY: 711 or text 233733.