In the back of an old stucco building near the middle of
Downtown Gilroy, 21-year-old Emelen Recillas, now of Hollister,
went to sleep every night on a bathroom towel, which she laid on a
cement floor alongside 30 other immigrant women who served drinks
and entertained male visitors at a Morgan Hill bar.
”
Sometimes it was dancing,
”
said Recillas. Other times it was prostitution. Hear the
Recillas speak out in this video.
In the back of an old stucco building near the middle of Downtown Gilroy, 21-year-old Emelen Recillas, now of Hollister, went to sleep every night on a bathroom towel, which she laid on a cement floor alongside 30 other immigrant women who served drinks and entertained male visitors at a Morgan Hill bar. “Sometimes it was dancing,” said Recillas.
Other times it was forced prostitution. For the story, go here.
