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Oversee all prostitution cases in the county. >> they believe if they dont take the lifeline they will not survive and they are probably right. >> the illinois supreme court granted msnbc a rare opportunity to bear witness to this problem solving court, the first of its kind. >> this time i chose treatment. >> instead of doing time women like tammy can opt to join a two-year rehabilitation program. >> what do you think brought you back into the street? >> the women receive drug and alcohol treat...

Allows the court to oversee all of the prostitution cases in the ci city. >> they believe if they do not take this lifeline, they will not survive, and they are right. >> and the supreme court allowed msnbc a rare opportunity to bear witness to the problem-solving court which is the first of its kind in the country. >> normally i ask to be sentenced, but this time i chose treatment. >> instead of choosing time, women like tammy choose a rehabilitation program. >> what brought you to the treats -...

Consequences would last 33 years. thats not a plan that i had. i didnt grow up saying i want to be a prostitute for 33 years. >> like most sold for sex, leannas fall into prostitution began with being raped as a child. >> i had two children by the time i was 14 years old. i had been raped so many times i was like easy prey, you know, because it was like no one worried about raping me and getting a charge of raping a child because i had babies. >> like leanna, tammy eventually wound up homeless o...

>> like most sold for sex, leannas fall into prostitution began with being raped as a child. >> i had two children by the time i was 14 years old. i had been raped so many times i was like easy prey, you know, because it was like no one worried about raping me and getting a charge of raping a child because i had babies. >> like leanna, tammy eventually wound up homeless on the streets county offered an alternative to jail time. >> the judge offered me three years in prison or treatment and task ...

Runs a special court that allows higgins to oversee all prostitution cases in the county. >> they believe that if they dont take this lifeline they will not survive. and theyre probably right. >> the illinois supreme court granted msnbc a rare opportunity to bear witness to this problem-solving court, which is the first of its kind in the country. >> normally, id ask to be sentenced. but this time i chose treatment. >> instead of doing time, women like tammy can opt to join a two-year rehabilita...