Press Maryland Carey Law’s New Appellate Immigration Clinic Takes Shape “In the spring 2023 semester, students in the clinic filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit on behalf of the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center, arguing that the court should reconsider a “crime of moral turpitude” deportation ground.” Latest Press The Ending of Brazen, Explained Policing Must Change to End Violence Against Sex Workers Lawmakers and advocates debate legalizing sex work in New York INVEST IN A SEXUALLY LIBERATED WORLD. Contact Sex Workers Project W ..read more

Press There used to be tens of thousands of prostitution arrests annually in NYC. Now? About 100. “’People need to take sex workers seriously and understand adult consensual sex work is not a sex crime,” [Zola] Bruce [of the Sex Workers Project] said. “We need to stop this criminalization of sex and sexuality in general and change the trajectory around that so that people can see sex work as a job.” Latest Press The Ending of Brazen, Explained Policing Must Change to End Violence Against Sex Workers Lawmakers and advocates debate legalizing sex work in New York INVEST IN A SEXUALLY L ..read more

News The Gilgo Beach Suspect May Have Hunted Them. Now They’re Key Witnesses. In 2011, the Manhattan-based Sex Workers Project was approached by Suffolk police officials hoping to get escorts to come forward with information, said Crystal DeBoise, the project’s co-director at the time. ​​The group was eager to help solve the case, one that had deeply upset the local “sex work community,” she said. Latest News The Gilgo Beach Suspect May Have Hunted Them. Now They’re Key Witnesses. Sex Workers Deserve Job Security Too Police Arrest Suspect in Dallas, Texas, Murders; Man is Latest Alleged ..read more

News Sex Workers Deserve Job Security Too “’The pandemic really showed that sex work is work—and it’s necessary work,’ says Zola Bruce, communications director at Sex Workers Project. And yet, those workers struggled immensely during the pandemic—and their precarity hasn’t improved.” Latest News Sex Workers Deserve Job Security Too Police Arrest Suspect in Dallas, Texas, Murders; Man is Latest Alleged U.S. Serial Killer From Jack the Ripper to ‘Gilgo Beach’ cold case, violence against sex workers is common INVEST IN A SEXUALLY LIBERATED WORLD. Contact Sex Workers Project We welc ..read more

News Police Arrest Suspect in Dallas, Texas, Murders; Man is Latest Alleged U.S. Serial Killer “The Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center surveyed a small sample of street sex workers in New York City and found that 80% reported experiencing violence or threats of violence while working.” Latest News Police Arrest Suspect in Dallas, Texas, Murders; Man is Latest Alleged U.S. Serial Killer From Jack the Ripper to ‘Gilgo Beach’ cold case, violence against sex workers is common Advocates Debate Benefits, Perils of Decriminalizing Sex Work in New York INVEST IN A SEXUALLY LIBER ..read more

News From Jack the Ripper to ‘Gilgo Beach’ cold case, violence against sex workers is common “In New York, an analysis from the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center found that 80% of a small group of street sex workers who responded to a survey reported experiencing violence or threats of violence while working.” Latest News From Jack the Ripper to ‘Gilgo Beach’ cold case, violence against sex workers is common Advocates Debate Benefits, Perils of Decriminalizing Sex Work in New York Petition: Stop Bill S-224 : Stop Harmful Amendments to the Human Trafficking Offense INVES ..read more

News Advocates Debate Benefits, Perils of Decriminalizing Sex Work in New York ““A lot of sex workers have degrees; they have other work that they do,” said Ilyas, a legal fellow at the Urban Justice Center’s Sex Workers Project.” Latest News Advocates Debate Benefits, Perils of Decriminalizing Sex Work in New York Petition: Stop Bill S-224 : Stop Harmful Amendments to the Human Trafficking Offense Thailand Is a Global Capital of (Illegal) Sex Work INVEST IN A SEXUALLY LIBERATED WORLD. Contact Sex Workers Project We welcome your questions and comments Main Office 40 Rector Stree ..read more

News Thailand Is a Global Capital of (Illegal) Sex Work “The Sex Workers Project, an advocacy organization based in New York, found that sex workers globally face a 45% to 75% chance of experiencing violence on the job.” Latest News Thailand Is a Global Capital of (Illegal) Sex Work New Letter Says Slack Puts Abortion Seekers in Danger and Fails to Address Online Harassment Strippers Unionize at California Club After a Long Fight INVEST IN A SEXUALLY LIBERATED WORLD. Contact Sex Workers Project We welcome your questions and comments Main Office 40 Rector Street, 9th Floor New Yo ..read more

News Strippers Unionize at California Club After a Long Fight “Mariah Grant, the former director of research and advocacy for the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center, a nonprofit law firm, said unionization could be a significant step forward but added, “I have concerns about the fact that it’s a mostly white-led effort.” Latest News Strippers Unionize at California Club After a Long Fight The EARN IT bill is back. We’ve killed it twice, let’s do it again! Labor Trafficking Is Inseparable From Capitalism INVEST IN A SEXUALLY LIBERATED WORLD. Contact Sex Workers Projec ..read more

Resources Press Release: SWP partners with the Federal Appellate Immigration Clinic at The University Of Maryland School Of Law, Files AMICUS BRIEF SWP Amicus Press Release (letterhead) Resources SWP Amicus Brief Redacted Press Release: SWP partners with the Federal Appellate Immigration Clinic at The University Of Maryland School Of Law, Files AMICUS BRIEF Exercising Discretion- A handbook for Advocates and DA’s Navigating the Possibilities and Impacts of Non-prosecution Policies in the Context of Sex Work Criminalization INVEST IN A SEXUALLY LIBERATED WORLD. Contact Sex Workers ..read more