Shared Hope International is taking on a new challenge. Last month, the Washington-based nonprofit began a campaign focusing on child sex trafficking survivors who have been criminally prosecuted. "Across the country and for many years, victims of child sex trafficking have been sentenced to jail for crimes they were caused to commit by the trafficker," according to the nonprofit's website. "Rather than being identified as a victim and given care, they are identified as criminals, adding to their trauma.” On Friday in Olympia, on the senate floor is where Shared Hope International’s founder Linda Smith received praise and a resolution honoring her efforts to end child sex trafficking. It's the work she started with a team of supporters 13 years ago when she was a lawmaker in Washington state. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/unjust-incarceration-child-sex-trafficking-survivors-must-stop-washington-nonprofit-says/281-a5d6d8b6-7aef-42c7-b0de-c9520908c51d