Police illegality and racism Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/police-illegality-and-racism/ 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. Wed, 04 Mar 2026 06:21:13 +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 Police illegality and racism Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/police-illegality-and-racism/ 32 32 Statement: The Impact of Operation Pisces and the police operation, Clear, Hold, Build, on Women’s Health and Safety in Enfield https://prostitutescollective.net/statement-the-impact-of-operation-pisces-and-the-police-operation-clear-hold-build-on-womens-health-and-safety-in-enfield/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 06:21:06 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20153 Since October 2024, the Metropolitan Police Service has been running what it calls “Operation Pisces” in Enfield, alongside a Clear, Hold, Build policing approach. While presented as a response to serious crime and antisocial behaviour, women in the long-established red light area tell a very different story.We are basing what we say here directly on […]

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]]> Novara Media: Sex Workers’ Friends and Family Could Be Criminalised, Campaigners Warn https://prostitutescollective.net/novara-media-sex-workers-friends-and-family-could-be-criminalised-campaigners-warn/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:50:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19170 ‘Disastrous.’by Maya Oppenheim. 17 June 2025Labour MPs are attempting to launch the most “draconian” clampdown on sex work devised in Britain in decades, campaigners have warned.Sex workers told Novara Media that the measures proposed by Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi could unjustly criminalise their friends and family and put prostitutes’ safety at risk.Antoniazzi, the Labour MP […]

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]]> Cosmopolitan: ‘Like in Gone Girls, the neglect from police over sex worker victims is still scarily prevalent’ https://prostitutescollective.net/cosmopolitan-like-in-gone-girls-the-neglect-from-police-over-sex-worker-victims-is-still-scarily-prevalent/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 20:37:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18159 The new Netflix docuseries shines a light on how the victims of the Long Island serial killer were treated with contempt by the police — 30 years on, and it seems very little has changedBy Brit Dawson Published: 09 April 2025 At around 5AM on May 1, 2010, Shannan Gilbert — a 23-year-old sex worker from […]

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]]> Euro News: ‘St Pancras Sunrise’ – The award-winning short film shining a light on sex work and police brutality https://prostitutescollective.net/euro-news-st-pancras-sunrise-the-award-winning-short-film-shining-a-light-on-sex-work-and-police-brutality/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 00:47:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19392 Maeve Murphy is hoping to shine a spotlight on the 1981 murder of a sex worker in her new short film, exploring the powerful protest by the English Collective of Prostitutes and the ongoing battle against police brutality.“15 women, some with children, have locked themselves in Holy Cross Church of Kings Cross. They won’t leave […]

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]]> OpenDemocracy: Sex workers need the police to do better, not more https://prostitutescollective.net/opendemocracy-sex-workers-need-the-police-to-do-better-not-more/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:20:52 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17953 We know policing often harms sex workers. We need to talk about what it would take to change tack Jyoti Belur Ella Cockbain   Policing often harms sex workers. That’s not up for debate – copious academic research and sex worker-led advocacy and research demonstrate that. But we’re not actually sure why law enforcement behaves […]

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]]> The Lead: Labelled Forever – The Policing Tool Ruining Sex Workers’ Lives https://prostitutescollective.net/the-lead-labelled-forever-the-policing-tool-ruining-sex-workers-lives/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:46:12 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17771 A 'prostitute caution' requires no evidence, merely suspicion - but stays on your record for a 100 years and blocks you from finding other work. Back in the 1980s, Amanda* worked as a sex worker in Blackpool, desperately trying to earn money for herself and her autistic son. Police were a constant menace. “Because I’m a Black […]

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]]> Netpol call for solidarity: defend the rights of disabled campaigners https://prostitutescollective.net/netpol-call-for-solidarity-defend-the-rights-of-disabled-campaigners/ Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:12:54 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17675 In advance of planned protests by Extinction Rebellion this week, Netpol is calling on the Metropolitan Police to prevent a repeat of the systemic discrimination towards disabled protesters that we documented in our report “Restricting the Rebellion” in 2019The European Convention on Human Rights, in Article 14, says the exercise of rights including freedom of […]

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]]> Video: ECP at the sentencing hearing of ex-Met police officer David Carrick https://prostitutescollective.net/video-ecp-at-the-sentencing-hearing-of-ex-met-police-officer-david-carrick/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:40:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19027 ECP's Niki Adams speaking at the protest called by Women Against Rape and Women of Colour Global Women’s Strike on 6 February 2023 outside the sentencing hearing of David Carrick, a former police officer who committed numerous offences of rape and other torture against women. For more info see: The David Carrick Trial - Women Against Rape 

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]]> Independent: Trafficking victims not referred for support in 7 in 10 sex industry police raids https://prostitutescollective.net/independent-trafficking-victims-not-referred-for-support-in-7-in-10-sex-industry-police-raids/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 15:29:44 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17620 Exclusive: ‘After the raid, a lot of the women didn’t want to return to the premises because they were so traumatised,’ sex worker says as new information obtained under FOI laws emergesMaya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent Around seven in ten police raids reported as being linked to modern slavery and sex trafficking are not resulting in any trafficking victims being referred to support services, […]

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]]> Metro: London sex workers ‘frightened police will abuse increased powers’ against them https://prostitutescollective.net/metro-london-sex-workers-frightened-police-will-abuse-increased-powers-against-them/ Sun, 11 Dec 2022 12:43:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17590 Gergana KrastevaPolice may exploit increased powers against sex workers in east London, a campaign group has claimed.The English Collective of Prostitutes has dubbed Newham Council’s proposal for a Public Space Protection Order for Romford Road as a ‘crackdown’ on sex workers, adding it would only ‘undermine’ their safety.Such orders are commonly used to stop anti-social behaviour […]

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