Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Jeff Malone and Holly Clark fill cracks in the sidewalk at Coolidge Park with sand in 2022. The Tennessee Government Management Institution and the Hamilton County Health Department hosted a Red Sand event to raise awareness about human trafficking. The Red Sand Project states the interactive instillation represents "those individuals who fall through the cracks."
Reports of human trafficking in Tennessee have risen steadily in recent years, according to a new report from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
The increase may be partly caused by more awareness of trafficking across the state, a TBI agent said.
