Media Links: Criminalization of Condom Possession in Pittsburgh
Because we support harm reduction methods proven to reduce the spread of HIV / AIDSabd STIs, DA Zappala incorrectly characterized SWOP as “represent[ing] an industry that is illegal in Pennsylvania.” This is inaccurate for two reasons.
SWOP does not, in any way, encourage illegal activity, nor is SWOP a trade group representing an industry. SWOP is “a national social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of people involved in the sex trade and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy.”
Youth Sex Trafficking Victim Prostitute & Prison Lifer: Please sign the petition to #FreeCyntoiaBrown MoveOn.org/FreeCyntoiaBrown via @MoveOn
NO HUMAN INVOLVED is directed and produced by PJ Starr, edited by M.Trevino and PJ Starr, with Contributing Producer M.Trevino. Music for the documentary has been composed by Maxim Moston and audio post-production is by David Wilson.
Partners in organizing: Triple-X Workers’ Solidarity Association of British Columba, Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence, Pivot Legal Society, PACE Society, SWAN Society Vancouver, B.C. Coalition of Experiential Communities, and FIRST: Feminists for the Decriminalization of Sex Work.
Condoms and cell phones criminalized in Allegheny County prostitution cases | TribLIVE
A Tribune-Review analysis shows police charged people with both prostitution and possessing an instrument of crime in 100 cases last year in Allegheny County. In 15 of the cases, condoms were an alleged instrument of crime. In 14 others, police seized condoms as evidence.
http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/13690556-74/condoms-criminalized-in-allegheny-county-prostitution-cases
Among the developed nations, United States has a very high rate of STD-related epidemics. On October 14, 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger directed the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to determine the ‘risk and viability’ of allowing non-profit or health care agencies to distribute sexual barrier protection devices like condoms to inmates in one state prison facility. His argument was that even though sexual activity in prisons is against the law, providing condoms to inmates is “consistent with the need to improve our prison health care system and overall health.”
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW): Did you know that over half of U.S. states currently arrest – and even prosecute – sex-trafficked children for prostitution? An increasing number of states are passing legislation preventing this from happening for everyone under the age of 18, but it is a lengthy process and can be a real uphill battle. Given the challenges, what can be done?
