Trisha was first incarcerated in a youth detention facility when she was just thirteen years old. Her first case, which occurred at age twelve while she was living in a group home, followed a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from years of sustained sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. Her charge, aggravated battery, stemmed from an altercation with an adult male staff member who tried to stop her as she attempted to leave the facility. Since then she has cycled in and out of group homes and placements, running away from shelters at least twenty times. In 2022, while absent from the home without leave, Trisha was living in a downtown tent encampment with adult men who reportedly demanded sexual favors in exchange for drugs.