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Was cut. you can always theorize that maybe they would be alive but this one, i know it. i know it. >> so why do you keep this case on your desk every day? >> i keep it here, because it reminds me that if i had her in the house, she would be alive. >> the judge is trying to get funding for an alternative to the jail. a safe house for the girls who cycle in and out of his courtroom. >> the judge is driving us to an area of town where they have been planning to build a facility for these juvenile sex trafficking victims. >> it starts right here. it is not a detention center or an institution. >>...

>> unfortunately, there are not a lot of options in terms of resources or alternatives. >> the best resource our country has right now to take care of the juvenile sex trafficking victims is this, three-inch mattress, no pictures on the walls, no tv, nasty-looking toilet. they are locked in here at night just like a prisoner. >> this is where 13-year-old sa, whether mr. salina, who was sold for sex by a pimp on backpage.com, is being held, the clark county juvenile detention facility. nobody thinks that these kids should be locked up but nobody wants to risk turning them loose. >> this is a go...

Prostitution in the united states. amber lions shows us where these girls often end up. >> reporter: federal law says that if you're under 18 and you're being sold for sex, you're a victim, not a criminal. that's the law. but for thousands of american girls who get arrested every year on prostitution charges, this is the reality. belly chains, ankle cuffs, a locked cell? >> three-inch mattress, cement. they don't have any pictures on the walls, no tv, nasty looking toilet. they're locked in here at night. just like a prisoner. nobody thinks that these kids should be locked up, but nobody wants...

Be safe. >> she was released on february 7th and she was found dead on february 10th. she was murdered and her throat was cut. you can always theorize that maybe they'd be alive, but this one, i know it. >> reporter: so why do you keep this case on your desk every day? >> i keep it here because it reminds me if i wouldn't have let her out, she would be alive. >> reporter: judge voi is trying to get funding for a safe house for the girls who cycle in and out of his courtroom. >> it's not a detention center, not an institution. >> reporter: you have bedrooms instead of cells. >> looks like anoth...