The State of Policing Sex Work in Oakland

Oakland sex workers are facing a policing crisis.

Oakland DA Nancy O’Malley is calling for an increase in the criminalization of sex workers under the guise of ending “human trafficking.” This call for criminalization is couched as needed to give an entry point for services for people in need. http://www.alcoda.org/about_us/meet_the_da

The Alameda County Sheriff’s department is calling for a $54 million expansion of Santa Rita jail under the guise of being able to give better services to people in jail, an argument that mirrors that of the anti-sex work policymakers. medacountyjailfight.wordpress.com

These calls for the increase of arrests and jailing of sex workers comes at a time when the Oakland Police Department has fired 3 police chiefs over sexual misconduct of a local sex worker by 23+ cops. While Oakland is getting national attention for this right now, the practice of cops inducing favors from sex workers is nothing new.
http://titsandsass.com/the-oakland-police-department-isnt-an-anomaly/

Join local sex workers in a community forum and discussion of the current state of sex work policing in Oakland.

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