Criminal records Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/criminal-records/ Since 1975, the English Collective of Prostitutes has been campaigning for the abolition of the prostitution laws which criminalize sex workers and our families, and for economic alternatives and higher benefits and wages. Mon, 01 Sep 2025 11:03:48 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/favicon-260-x-260-150x150.png Criminal records Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/criminal-records/ 32 32 OpenDemocracy: Outdated laws and benefit cuts – Why women can’t leave sex work https://prostitutescollective.net/opendemocracy-outdated-laws-and-benefit-cuts-why-women-cant-leave-sex-work/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:30:24 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19952 Poverty and cautions trap women in sex work – good policies could resolve this. But politicians don't want to know Niki Adams There are a few dates in the calendar that sex workers mark. The day to end violence on 17 December is often a sombre affair, when we honour the sex workers who were […]

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]]> Big Issue: Sex workers ‘trapped’ in prostitution by ‘unjust’ police cautions: ‘It stopped me from having a career’ https://prostitutescollective.net/big-issue-sex-workers-trapped-in-prostitution-by-unjust-police-cautions-it-stopped-me-from-having-a-career/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 07:27:04 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19396 Sex workers are being punished for doing what they need to in order to survive, campaigners argueLauren Crosby MedlicottNearly 50 years ago, when she was only 15, Sharon received her first prostitute’s caution while working the streets in Bristol.“My life on the streets started when I was 14,” Sharon, who asked for only her first […]

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]]> Central Bylines: From criminal to victim – prostitute’s cautions must go now https://prostitutescollective.net/central-bylines-from-criminal-to-victim-prostitutes-cautions-must-go-now/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:10:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19382 Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is being urged by campaigners to abolish 'prostitute's cautions', which leave sex workers criminalised for life Campaigners from more than 100 organisations claim that prostitute’s cautions trap women in sex work, prevent them from leaving abusive and violent relationships, and push them further into poverty. While prostitution is not against the […]

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]]> Open Letter: To Home Secretary – Abolish “Prostitute’s Cautions” https://prostitutescollective.net/open-letter-to-home-secretary-abolish-prostitutes-cautions/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:03:15 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18195 SIGN ONLINE HERE Or email ecp@prostitutescollective.net to be added. Dear Home Secretary, We are writing to ask that you take action to abolish ‘prostitute’s cautions’ which trap women in sex work, prevent them from leaving abusive and violent relationships, and push them further into poverty. ‘Prostitute’s cautions’ are cautions that the police can give to […]

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]]> Protest: International Sex Workers’ Day – 2 June https://prostitutescollective.net/protest-2-june-international-sex-workers-day/ Tue, 20 May 2025 10:06:55 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18187 As part of a series of actions to mark the 50th anniversary of International Sex Workers’ Day/International Whores Day, we are organising a protest and photo op at Downing Street to hand in our Open Letter to the Home Secretary demanding the abolition of “prostitute’s cautions”. WHEN: Monday 2 June 2025, 11am-12pm WHERE: Downing Street, […]

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]]> Big Issue: Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told https://prostitutescollective.net/big-issue-conflating-sex-work-and-sex-trafficking-is-harmful-and-needs-to-stop-labour-told/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 08:10:18 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18145 Further criminalisation of sex work could be more dangerous for both sex workers and survivors of sexual exploitation, activists and charities have warnedLauren Crosby Medlicott Emma had just turned 18 and thought having sheets on the window was ‘normal’ in a first flat. But she started questioning her situation when her boyfriend dumped her in London […]

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]]> BBC Woman’s Hour: Prostitute’s Cautions https://prostitutescollective.net/bbc-womans-hour-prostitutes-cautions/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:15:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18008 Campaigners are calling for an end to the “Prostitutes Caution”, saying it’s preventing women leaving sex work behind them. The caution stays on record for 100 years and there’s no appeal possible. A new report from the English Collective of Prostitutes says two thirds of women they surveyed who’d been given one found it hard […]

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]]> The Observer: Call for end to ‘draconian’ police cautions for sex workers that last until age of 100 https://prostitutescollective.net/the-observer-call-for-end-to-draconian-police-cautions-for-sex-workers-that-last-until-age-of-100/ Sat, 07 Dec 2024 23:40:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17997 A ‘prostitute’s caution’, unlike other cautions, does not require a person to admit an offence or agree to it Police in England and Wales should be banned from issuing a “draconian” caution that exclusively targets sex workers, both politicians and campaigners have said. A “prostitute’s caution”, unlike other police cautions, does not require a person […]

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]]> Novara Media: Protect or Punish? The Stakes of Sex Worker Activism https://prostitutescollective.net/novara-media-protect-or-punish-the-stakes-of-sex-worker-activism/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 23:49:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18000 Novara Media · Novara FM: Protect or Punish? The Stakes of Sex Worker Activism w/ Laura Watson   Imagine a person arrested for keeping a brothel. Who are they? An abusive pimp? Such people exist, no doubt, but the law isn’t set up just to catch abusers: it also targets sex workers working together to […]

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]]> BBC News: PCC calls for sex work security check exemption https://prostitutescollective.net/bbc-news-pcc-calls-for-sex-work-security-check-exemption/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:22:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17947 A Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is backing a group fighting for sex work convictions to be exempt from security checks. Cleveland's Labour PCC Matt Storey has come out in support of the English Collective of Prostitutes' (ECP) Proceed without Caution campaign which highlights the consequences of sex workers receiving criminal convictions. The charity says […]

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