AltWeeklies Wire
Prostitution Report: Jail Doesn't Worknew
The key to cleaning up prostitution in Portland isn't making more arrests or slapping streetwalkers with steeper fines.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
12-07-2009 |
Sex
Chaos in the Casitas: Lawless Speakeasies Get a Grip on L.A.new
The casitas operate in what appear to be shuttered, recession-emptied storefronts or hollowed-out homes. But inside, patrons can get almost anything they want, in a one-stop shop: drugs, gambling, heisted cigarettes, after-hours booze and "B-girls" -- slang for "bar" girls, or prostitutes, who charge about $60 for sex.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
11-09-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Confessions of a Teenage Prostitutenew
Portland has been named the No. 2 city for teenage prostitution. This is the story of how one victim escaped.
The Portland Mercury |
Rachael Marcus |
09-03-2009 |
Sex
Dallas' Letot Center Helps to Stop the Sex Tradenew
Every week, the Center takes in girls as young as 13 who are part of a thriving underground sex trade that stretches from Miami to Los Angeles.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
11-17-2008 |
Sex
Portland Shelter for Victims of Forced Prostitution Would be First in the Countrynew
By March, James Pond hopes to open a high-security safe house in Portland with 16 to 20 beds for girls recently freed from sex trafficking. It will be the first shelter of its kind in the country, and one that's badly needed in Portland, where the city’s police find three to five cases each week of girls under the age of 18 who are victims of forced prostitution.
Willamette Week |
Katie Gilbert |
11-05-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Dubious Study Claims San Francisco Cops Extort Sexnew
When Proposition K supporters tell you -- without offering anything close to proof -- that the SFPD is populated with horny shakedown artists whose felonious habit is fed by antiprostitution laws, you should know this claim lacks substance.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
09-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Frank Colacurcio and His Million-Dollar Empire of Fleshnew
Getting accused by the feds of running a high-stakes prostitution racket is just business as usual.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
07-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Prostitutes Turn to the Web as a Means of Empowermentnew
While the idea of escorts on the internet is nothing new, a new generation of local "providers" and "hobbyists" create a virtual red-light district.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
06-13-2008 |
Sex
A Teenage Prostitute, An Inept Pimp, and Two Versions of What Happenednew
The internet limits the risk of marketing sex with underage girls, whose youth can be more easily disguised on a website than on the street. But ignorance of a girl's age doesn't equal innocence. In Levar Simms' case, the charge of transporting a minor for the purposes of prostitution hinged on strict liability. He could be found guilty regardless of whether he knew Lynette was 16.
Washington City Paper |
Angela Valdez |
05-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Operation MBI Shamenew
On the heels of the agency's arrest of three Weekly employees, we take a closer look at how Orlando's vice cops really operate.
Orlando Weekly |
Staff |
10-23-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Cantineras Risk Alcoholism to Earn Good Moneynew
In Houston's cantinas, women are paid to entice men to buy them drinks. Some took up the line of work to pay off the coyote who helped them cross the border.
Houston Press |
Keith Plocek |
07-06-2005 |
The War on Women
"Lost & Found"new
AltWeeklies Award - Drugs Reporting
Smut Doctors Broadcast Filthy Radio to the Worldnew
Two reprobate strip-club disk jockeys interview up-and-coming stars in the adult-film industry for their live Monday evening Internet radio show.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
05-25-2005 |
Media
Where the Boys Arenew
Lee is 28 years old, lives at home with his parents and will let you jerk him off for $25. He says his line of work is even more dangerous than a female prostitute's.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
09-23-2004 |
Sex
