SWOP Launches Chat Feature for Supporting Sex Workers
Last week SWOP Behind Bars launched its chat for support feature on its website. This feature will help us reach more sex workers who...
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Swop Behind Bars
Apr 8, 20203 min read
10 Facts about 2019 Taxes
Any individual who files a 2019 tax return and made LESS THAN 75K in 2019 will get a stimulus check for $1200. Any couple who files a...
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Swop Behind Bars
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Woodhull and SWOP Behind Bars Sex Worker Support Fund
We can help, and so can you. Join us as we launch our Sex Worker Support Fund with Sex Worker Outreach Project Behind Bars (SWOP-BB) to:...
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Swop Behind Bars
Apr 1, 20204 min read
Ten Things to Know about the IRS COVID 19 Stimulus Package
–Alex Andrews If you are a US citizen, filing a tax return is a process that a lot of us put off to the last minute and it’s not unusual...
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Swop Behind Bars
Mar 25, 20203 min read
A Public Statement on Coronavirus and Mass Incarceration
One Voice: The Impact of Coronavirus on Incarcerated People, their Families, and Their Communities. INTRODUCTION Coronavirus is here and...
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Swop Behind Bars
Mar 15, 20201 min read
‘Be Careful Who You Treat Like Shit’: a Former Porn Star Sues Her School
Appears on Vice.com Former porn actor Nicole Gilliland sues her Oregon nursing school after harassment. She was a star student until the...
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Swop Behind Bars
Feb 22, 20201 min read
March 1st, Self Care Soiree for International Sex Worker Rights Day
SWOP Tampa Bay is celebrating International Sex Worker Rights Day (March 3rd) a little early this year. Join us Sunday, March 1st 11a, –...
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Swop Behind Bars
Jan 10, 20201 min read
The Cranky Queer: HIV activist and wellness writer
SWOP Behind Bars cofounder Alex Andrews recently stumbled upon JD Davids’ blog/book-in-progress The Cranky Queer. Davids’ “perspectives...
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Swop Behind Bars
Dec 31, 20193 min read
Letter to Southern Christian Leadership Conference Re: Adult Arcades in Jacksonville, FL and Human R
From: Adam Stuart [mailto:stuartadam@bellsouth.net] Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2019 7:01 PM To: info@nationalsclc.org Cc:...
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Swop Behind Bars
Dec 15, 20192 min read
Helen has Stage 4 Breast Cancer
Our incarcerated sex worker community has a member that just was diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer. She will receive cancer treatment...
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Swop Behind Bars
Nov 10, 20192 min read
How prevalent is human trafficking in Polk Co, Florida?
Reposted from The Lakeland Ledger Nov. 10 2019 Gary White Officials call Florida a hot spot for human trafficking, though reliable...
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Swop Behind Bars
Nov 9, 20192 min read
Prostitution sting met plenty of arrests but few charges for human trafficking
Reposted from The Lakeland Ledger Nov. 9 2019 Gary White Polk County Sheriff’s Office says its frequent prostitution stings help...
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Swop Behind Bars
Jul 5, 20192 min read
How Decriminalizing Sex Work Became a 2020 Campaign Issue
Reposted from Mother Jones July 5, 2019 Matt Cohen How Decriminalizing Sex Work Became a 2020 Campaign Issue Behind the grassroots...
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Swop Behind Bars
Mar 14, 20191 min read
Philadelphia In April: Rising Tide. Maternity Care Coalition.
A Rising Tide: Maternity Care Coalition. The public face of over-incarceration is overwhelmingly male. However, between 1980 and 2016,...
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Swop Behind Bars
Mar 5, 20193 min read
A Letter to Florida Senators about Massage Parlor Raid by Juniper Police Department
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Swop Behind Bars
Feb 24, 20192 min read
Pennsylvania prisons to stop copying inmates’ legal mail – The Morning Call
Pennsylvania prisons to stop copying inmates’ legal mail – The Morning Call — Read on www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-nws...
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Swop Behind Bars
Feb 14, 20191 min read
Guide to Writing Letters to People Behind Bars
Currently & formerly incarcerated survivors have stated again and again how important letters of support are to their well-being. Letters...
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Swop Behind Bars
Jan 19, 20191 min read
Plagued by Misconduct Claims, Will Columbus’s Vice Unit Be Held Accountable?
Alex Andrews, co-founder of SWOP Behind Bars, which advocates for the human rights of incarcerated sex workers, wrote to Truthout in a...
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Swop Behind Bars
Dec 25, 20182 min read
Tennessee Department of Corrections
With the supporters and opponents of Cyntoia Brown watching closely, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam commuted the sentences of 11 prisoners...
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Swop Behind Bars
Nov 4, 20183 min read
SBB Applauds PA DoC
Under pressure, Pa. prisons repeal restrictive book policy Samantha Melamed DAVID SWANSON / Staff Photographer The Pennsylvania...
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