etasman2000 15994 Report post Posted August 8, 2009 Efforts to outlaw indoor prostitution stalled as state lawmakers went home for the weekend with no agreement on how to close a nearly 30-year-old ?loophole? in the state law. Read full text at the link below http://www.projo.com/generalassembly/PROSTITUTION_BILL_OPPOSED_27_06-28-09_5CES69K_v53.38ad7c3.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest W***ledi*Time Report post Posted August 8, 2009 Yup, it would obviously be much better for everyone were business to take place in a less-safe environment ... (insert eye-roll here) ... Some more background on Rhode Island's situation: http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1188859&srvc=business&position=recent Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akhenaton 221 Report post Posted August 8, 2009 Yup wrinkled you got that right ! push em out , much better for everyone concerned eh... I guess they will never learn, which is really very sad... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suzirider 737 Report post Posted August 8, 2009 Anyone know how they define a (indoor) prostitute ? A girl that has generous boyfriends ??? or asks for help with the rent ??? Problem...not enough prisons ! :roll: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest W***ledi*Time Report post Posted August 10, 2009 An interesting "take" on the Rhode Island politics behind the legislative deadlock (together with another expression of the "can't-fight-human-trafficking-unless-all-prostitution-is-also-illegal" argument, sigh): authors Donna M. Hughes (University of Rhode Id.) & Robert P. George (Princeton Univ.), 10 Aug 2009 nationalreviewonline: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NWQ3MDdhZDBiNTE2Yzk4OWZjM2MwYTE1Mjk0MDRiMmM= Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest W***ledi*Time Report post Posted October 30, 2009 On the second and final day of a rare fall session, Rhode Island legislators have cleared a major hurdle toward closing a 30-year legal loophole that allows indoor prostitution in the state. WBRU?s Vasundhara Prasad reported from Smith Hill ... that the Senate has passed a bill, 35-to-2, banning indoor prostitution. A similar bill passed yesterday in the House. Rhode Island is the only place in the country, aside from parts of Nevada, where indoor prostitution is legal. http://news.wbru.com/2009/10/breaking-ri-senate-passes-bill-banning-indoor-prostitution/ The bill proposes that prostitutes could be punished by up to six months in prison for a first offense, while their customers would face a year. http://www.abc6.com/news/67341687.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest W***ledi*Time Report post Posted November 4, 2009 Gov. Don Carcieri signed legislation this week banning indoor prostitution in the only state where it was legal apart from parts of Nevada. Following this the police could start raiding some of the more than 30 brothels operating across Rhode Island. Prostitution has immediately become a misdemeanor crime irrespective of where it occurs after the new law was signed. Up to six months in prison for the first offense will be inflicted on prostitutes while customers and prostitutes convicted of a subsequent offense could be punished by a maximum one-year sentence. http://topnews.us/content/28161-rhode-island-bans-indoor-prostitution Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphroditeocs 106 Report post Posted November 4, 2009 interesting article. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sexnonstop724 1727 Report post Posted November 4, 2009 I haven't read the article yet, but just by looking at the heading. Outdoor is allowed, backseat of Minivan? Heck, get yourself a motorhome!! Touring SPs!!! Whole new meaning to outcalls!! Nonstop Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest W***ledi*Time Report post Posted November 4, 2009 I haven't read the article yet, but just by looking at the heading. Outdoor is allowed, backseat of Minivan? Heck, get yourself a motorhome!! Touring SPs!!! Whole new meaning to outcalls!! Nonstop I like how you think ... but outdoor was never allowed. Background blurb: State lawmakers inadvertently opened the loophole in 1980 when they passed legislation trying to crack down on prostitutes and their customers creating havoc in the West End of Providence. They adopted a law targeting those who sold sex in public, but it was silent on indoor prostitution. Judges would later rule the change had the effect of legalizing paid sex in private. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125728834541726321.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AdoraRose 100 Report post Posted December 4, 2009 Lol............ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
