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All in a Day's Sex Work Podcast
Stories from the Front Lines of Advocacy


“I Don’t Want You to Worry About Me”: A Letter No Mother Should Ever Have to Write
No mother should have to write a letter to her child from prison.

Swop Behind Bars
May 273 min read


Models for Change: Community-led and policy-driven solutions that center healing, safety and equity
Community-led services and support for incarcerated women being released from prison are grounded in one radical belief: that those closest to the problem are closest to the solution. Rather than imposing top-down programs that often miss the mark, grassroots organizations across the country—many founded and led by formerly incarcerated women—offer holistic, peer-based support that centers dignity, autonomy, and lived experience.

Swop Behind Bars
May 236 min read


Barriers to Reentry: How inadequate healthcare behind bars sets women up to fail once they’re released.
The moment a woman is released from incarceration is supposed to mark a new beginning. But for many, especially those with untreated health conditions, trauma, or chronic illnesses, reentry is more like walking off a cliff with no net below.

Swop Behind Bars
May 163 min read


Love in the Time of Liberation - How We Use Love Languages to Support Our People
Here’s how each love language shows up in our advocacy work, reimagined through the lens of solidarity, survival, and sex worker-centered support.

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May 144 min read


Green Cards and Red Flags: When Fake Marriages Target Sex Workers
There’s a shady hustle circulating again—and this time, ts showing up in strip clubs across the country

Swop Behind Bars
Apr 244 min read


Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a time set aside to educate, honor survivors, and call for an end to sexual violence. But...

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Apr 203 min read


Forgotten Behind Bars — Centering Equity in Women’s Health in Prisons and Jails
When we talk about mass incarceration in the United States, the conversation often centers around numbers—how many people are locked up,...

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Apr 184 min read


Is Sex Work a Feminist Issue?
Sex work has long been a contentious topic within feminist discourse, raising critical questions about bodily autonomy, economic justice, an

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Feb 203 min read


On the Super Bowl, Safety and Solidarity
Finding common ground in a time of crisis Every year, around this time, the airwaves in whatever city is hosting the Super...

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Jan 115 min read


Behind the Rescue Door: The Intersection of Rules, Resources, and its impact on Healthcare in Anti-Trafficking Programs
For survivors of exploitation, and particularly with multiple intersecting issues like domestic violence,

Swop Behind Bars
Jan 39 min read


Unlocking Second Chances:
The Role of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Support for Women Transitioning from Prison

Swop Behind Bars
Dec 10, 20247 min read


Mass Incarceration: The Invisible Chains in Women's Prisons
Mass incarceration is not merely a statistical issue; it is a profound human rights crisis, disproportionately impacting women

Swop Behind Bars
Dec 10, 20243 min read


GBV and IPV, and Their Impact on Healthcare in Women’s Prisons and Jails
Gender-based violence (GBV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) are pervasive issues that disproportionately affect women

Swop Behind Bars
Dec 1, 20243 min read


What is Trauma-Informed Care?
Trauma-informed care (TIC) is an approach to healthcare, social services, and corrections that recognizes the widespread impact of trauma an

Swop Behind Bars
Nov 24, 20249 min read


An Overlooked Healthcare Crisis
Women’s Healthcare Challenges in Prisons and Jails

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Nov 24, 20247 min read


What's So Hard About Listening to Sex Workers?
The anti-trafficking movement has faced significant criticism over the years, and for good reason.

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Nov 22, 20243 min read


The Future of End Demand Initiatives
Arrest and Incarceration using End Demand Initiative has long term intergenerational impacts that harm families.

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Nov 18, 20247 min read


What The F%&$ Do We Do Now?
As the dust settles on yet another intense election season, we’re left with the burning question: What the f&$ do we do now?*

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Nov 8, 20248 min read


Victimized and Condemned
Many trafficking victims in the United States are prosecuted alongside their traffickers and placed on sex offender registries.

Swop Behind Bars
Oct 27, 20246 min read


The High Cost of Survival
Darias story is like every other survival worker who experiences violence, exploitation and desperation as a homeless person.

Swop Behind Bars
Sep 29, 202410 min read
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