Raids arrests and prosecutions
Network – News from the English Collective of Prostitutes 1983-1985
Between 1983–1985 we published Network – the first newsletter that we know of written and produced by sex workers. It gave us a voice against police abuse, poverty and the laws and reported on campaigns and victories here and internationally.
Video: ECP Church Occupation 1982
Since 1981, when the English Collective of Prostitutes issued the first rights sheet for prostitute women in England and Wales, we have been taking up cases of false arrest and intimidation by police. In 1982, we occupied the Church of the Holy Cross in King’s Cross, London, for 12 days. We were inspired by […]
The Guardian: From the archive, 16 May 1980 Lunch voucher madame wins cut in jail term
Aileen BallantyneBrothel keeper Cynthia Payne, whose clients allegedly include vicars, barristers and a peer of the realm, has her sentence reduced to six monthsA 48 year-old “madame” whose brothel was said to be used by a peer of the realm, a member of the Irish Parliament, several vicars, barristers and solicitors, yesterday lost her appeal against a […]