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Podcast: Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel
Episode: Escaping a Polygamous Cult: Pamela Jones on the Rules That Trapped Her — and the Escape That Set Her Free
Description: Pamela Jones was born into a polygamous Mormon cult in Mexico — a closed system built on obedience, fear, and silence. Married at just fifteen years old and raising nine children inside a world that offered women no education, no independence, and no exit plan, Pamela spent years believing escape was impossible.At thirty-four, she proved herself wrong.With two cars, two tanks of gas, and no safety net, Pamela fled across the Mexican border with her children and started over in Minnesota with less than a fifth-grade education and no resources. What followed is a st...