Creating Community for Incarcerated Sex Workers
A chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP)Mission Statement
SWOP Behind Bars uses a harm reduction framework to offer various resources, community-building projects, educational programs, and advocacy to end violence and stigma against sex workers in the criminal justice system. This includes those currently incarcerated and those seeking re-entry services.
The SBB Community Support Line
If you are in trouble in North America, call us and we can help you get access to what you need.
1-877-776-2004, extension 1
Chat for Support
This feature is designed to give our community members an opportunity to engage with peer support quickly and privately. Simply click on the floating red icon on the bottom right of our website and you will be connected with an agent who will be happy to answer questions or assist you in finding the resources you need. This feature was launched right after the COVID 19 crisis began, and has been a great success in reaching folks that don’t have access to a phone or prefer to text.
Our Blog
WPN Power: Core Advocacy Support Atlanta
Jamila Aisha is a sexologist, advocate and consultant. She focuses on overall sexual wellness through empowerment coaching, maintaining function and movement and energy. She advocates for comprehensive sex education, sex rights and sexual positivity. She began...
Less is Best When Comparing Models of Sex Trade Governance
The sex trade is a vast and complex economy where people from all walks engage in erotic acts in exchange for money, goods, resources, and services. Policies governing erotic transactions have been historically been crafted through moral outrage. The outcome has been...
#CSW65
Information share from NSWP Re: Two essential sessions at the Commission on the Status of Women. Please find the information below. In order to attend please let people know that they need to first register for the entire CSW to go. Registration is free....
Brief Statement on the March 16th Massage Parlor Shootings
The March 16th deadly massage parlor shootings are a devastating tragedy for the victims, their families and coworkers, for Asian American and Pacific Islanders and for our community at-large. While it is not clear that these women were participating in erotic labor,...
Less Money, More Problems: The Cruelty of the “End Demand” Model of Policing
written by Savannah Sly In a complex world, simple stories win. Combined with fear and ignorance, simple stories can be powerful propaganda vehicles used to justify state oppression. Presently, an elementary theory of economics is encouraging increased surveillance...
Community Members Amplifying the Voices of Fellow Sex Workers and Victims of Trafficking
Consider joining a SWOP Behind Bars Study conducted by community members! SWOP Behind Bars organized in 2016 to extend the mission to end violence and stigma to connect with current and formerly incarcerated sex workers. Since that time, SWOP Behind Bars has supported...
