Bulletins: Raids, arrests & prosecutions - English Collective of Prostitutes

Bulletins

Our regular bulletins on raids, arrests and prosecutions of sex workers have become an important source of data for the media in particular, on what is happening with the policing of prostitution in the UK.

9th June 2020

Bulletin: Sex workers and COVID-19 – Media coverage sent in by our network

Summary Sex workers, many of whom are mothers, have been left without an income by the coronavirus crisis and lockdown and are facing destitution, debt and homelessness. But because sex work is criminalised, sex workers are being deprived of the support, payments and protections available to others. Migrant sex workers subject to No Recourse to […]

1st November 2019

Bulletin 8: November 2018 – October 2019

The English Collective of Prostitutes gathers reports from our nationwide network and the media, and regularly publishes them in the form of a bulletin. These reports show that police crackdowns on prostitution are widespread, that women are subjected to surveillance and raids, are convicted, fined, and even go to prison – all with devastating consequences.SummaryWe […]

1st November 2018

Bulletin 7: January – October 2018

1st February 2018

Bulletin 6: September 2017 – January 2018

The English Collective of Prostitutes collect and publish reports of raids and arrests that we receive through our network, they show how the police continue to criminalise women selling sex in a variety of ways. It is completely unjust that women, who often enter into sex work due to poverty, receive criminal records that prevent […]

1st October 2017

Bulletin 5: May – September 2017

Each year hundreds of sex workers are arrested, raided, prosecuted and even imprisoned under the prostitution laws.The bulletin below documents some of the cases which have been compiled by women in the ECP network from the media and other sources. These figures are in no way comprehensive, the cautioning, arrest and prosecution of street based […]

1st May 2017

Bulletin 4: January – April 2017

This bulletin is compiled by the English Collective of Prostitutes from information from our network around the UK and from press reports. It shows that the police continue to take action against sex workers on the streets and working together with others in premises despite the recommendations of a Home Affairs Committee that sex workers […]

1st January 2017

Bulletin 3: October – December 2016

The English Collective of Prostitutes has compiled the information below on raids, arrests and prosecutions of sex workers. These continue despite recommendations from a prestigious parliamentary committee that sex workers should be decriminalised. In July 2016, the Home Affairs Committee published the findings of its inquiry[1] and recommended a change in the law “so that […]

1st October 2016

Bulletin 2: April – September 2016

This bulletin listing the raids, arrests, closures and prosecutions of sex workers and people sex workers associate with, shows that hundreds of women are being criminalised each year, with little protest or investigation into the impact of such criminalisation.In practice police crackdowns mean sex workers are forced into isolated areas, and are unable to implement […]

1st May 2016

Bulletin 1: January – April 2016

The prostitution laws are unjust and devious and lead to thousands of women a year being arrested, raided, prosecuted and even imprisoned.Police crackdowns break up safety networks. (i) Street workers are forced into isolated areas and are prevented from screening clients. Brothel-keeping law makes it illegal for two or more sex workers to work together. […]