RI News

A sampling of winners and losers of the 2024 legislative session (Rhode Island Current, 6/21/2024)

RI ACLUs Steve Brown on police accountability, open records and the 2024 General Assembly session (The Public’s Radio, 6/14/2024)

Rhode Island Report Recommends Full Decriminalization of Sex Work (The Crime Report, 10/14/2023)

RI Commission Proposes Sweeping Reforms in Laws Affecting Sex Workers (UPRISE RI, 5/23/2023)

Study: Rhode Island accidentally decriminalized prostitution, and good things happened (Vox, 7/15/2014)

Immunity News

Tennessee will remove HIV-positive people convicted of sex work from violent sex offender list (The Associated Press, 7/19/2024)

Want to Reduce Violence Against Sex Workers? Offer Them Immunity (The Crime Report, 2/10/2022)

The Gilgo Beach Suspect May Have Hunted Them. Now They’re Key Witnesses. (The New York Times, 10/1/2023)

Protecting sex workers: Why are they vulnerable to violence? (Newsnation, 7/28/2023)

Sex-worker immunity would have helped Gilgo Beach probe (Newsday, 7/26/2023)

The Victims on Gilgo Beach (WNYC, 7/18/2023)

Manhattan DA supports bill providing immunity to sex trafficking survivors (PIX 11, 5/11/2022)

Bill would allow sex workers to report crime without fear of prosecution (Gothamist, 5/10/2022)

Legislative Memo: Immunity From Prosecution for Prostitution Offenses for Sex Workers, Survivors, & Witnesses Who Report Crimes (ACLU of New York legislative memo 2021/2022)

Sex workers are human too. They deserve protections for reporting violence. (Business Insider, 2/14/2021)

Colorado sex workers gain new protections under law signed by Gov. Jared Polis (The Denver Post, 5/2/2022)

Horrific Attack Inspired Sex Worker Safety Bill (Westword, 3/23/2022)

Bill to protect sex workers reporting crimes passes the Colorado House unanimously (CPR News, 3/21/2022)