"HOSTAGE OF THE STATE is, in many ways, the follow up to THE JAMMED."

THE JAMMED was inspired by real accounts of sex trafficking in Melbourne. In some cases, girls as young as fourteen were trafficked from South-East Asia and exploited in Melbourne brothels as sex slaves. When discovered by authorities, many of these minors were treated as immigration offenders, detained, and deported.

Both HOSTAGE OF THE STATE and THE JAMMED examine vulnerable people caught within powerful, often cruel and unforgiving systems that profit from their exploitation. Drawing upon three true stories that Dee became directly involved in investigating and advocating for, HOSTAGE OF THE STATE explores the deeply controversial issue of families being unjustly torn them apart.