Hello You 49: "Exploitation, prison or death"

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Hello You 49: "Exploitation, prison or death"

Lifting the lid on county-lines and child criminal exploitation, with Sonya Jones MBE

Jim Hawkins

Jun 21, 2024

Transcript

What took Sonya Jones from a small village on the Shropshire border with Wales, to a nationally-recognised authority on child exploitation and safeguarding?

And how did the tragic, violent death of a teenager from Merseyside on a Shrewsbury housing estate begin to unlock the mechanisms and the sordid mysteries of county-lines drug trafficking?

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Hello You with Jim Hawkins

I’m trying to give you something a little different. Hello You is about stuff, and things. People, and stories. Shrewsbury, and Shropshire. Mental health and well-being. History and heritage. Arts, culture and music. Faith, belief and the complexities of life.

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It's public-service local journalism that cares about people. Audio that brings you the voices of people you might not hear from otherwise. Interviews conducted with compassion and empathy. Thoughtful, positive, good-humoured conversations, informed local storytelling, and commentary that’s not afraid to get righteously angry on occasion.

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