By Katie GrantAn elderly cleaner is facing trial for brothel-keeping after rushing to the aid of a man who collapsed at the massage parlour where she worked and attempting to save his life.The “vulnerable” pensioner, who insists she had nothing to do with the running of the premises, has been “persecuted” by police following her […]
Monday 10 July 2017 A survey by the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) shows that raids, arrests and prosecutions of sex workers is continuing despite a Home Affairs Committee report (July 2016) which recommended a change in the law “so that soliciting is no longer an offence and so that brothel-keeping provisions allow sex workers […]
UPDATE 25.07.17: GUILTY OF TRYING TO SAVE A LIFE. Ms Norman was found guilty today of assisting in the management of a brothel. She was given a conditional discharge and has to pay towards court costs. A criminal record wrecks havoc with someone’s life – affecting everything from travel to housing to insurance cover. We […]
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 […]
The residents, sex workers and activists I spoke to told me it’s only going to force everything into a new area. Last week, Hull City Council won a landmark ruling to create Britain’s first “prostitution-free zone”. The new orders mean that any sex workers or curb crawlers caught around the impoverished Hessle Road area – where […]
I have been working in brothels since 2008. For a long time we were in the same premises with me and two other women working as sex workers. We are all mothers and working for ourselves. Most of us are sending money back home to our families in other countries. We knew working together was […]
Frankie Mullin “Pop-up brothels” full of trafficked women are sweeping the country, according to a spate of recent reports. In Newquay, police say they’ve located 14 since July (reported by the Guardian, BBC, Daily Mail, Mirror); in Swindon there are said to be 30 opening a week (Telegraph, BBC, Metro). The Sun recapped the stories […]
Rights sheet vs deportation of migrant sex workers launched for #1DayWithoutUs. Police have stepped up threats against sex workers who are from EEA countries and, unless we protest, the situation is likely to get worse as immigrant people are further scapegoated post Brexit. Women are being given letters by police telling them that sex work […]
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 […]
November 2016.Dear Editor,We write to support the concerns raised by SCOT-PEP that police “SHAW (Support, Health and Wellbeing) visits” to sex workers’ homes or places of work may be used to gather intelligence to bring prosecutions for criminal offences.We share SCOT-PEP’s concern because that is exactly what happened here. In 2013 250 police raided 20 […]