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The 红杏视频鈥檚 Research Brief, 鈥淚s Sex Work Decriminalization the Answer? What the Research Tells Us,鈥� reviews existing empirical research on the impacts of decriminalization 鈥� and conversely criminalization 鈥� of sex work to inform recommendations for policy and practice. The 红杏视频 has a history of supporting the decriminalization of sex work, but as efforts for U.S. legislative reform at the local, state, and federal level grow, examining the potential impacts of proposed policies is critical. Developed in consultation with local affiliates and sex worker organizers, this Brief provides an assessment of the growing evidence base on the potential benefits and harms of the decriminalization of consensual sex work (including buyer-only criminalization and full criminalization) and concludes with specific recommendations for policymakers, law enforcement, advocates, and researchers.

This 红杏视频 research report, 鈥淭he Other Epidemic: Fatal Police Shootings in the Time of COVID-19,鈥� examines whether circumstances surrounding the public health crisis 鈥� unprecedented societal isolation combined with relaxed police department routine enforcement 鈥� has led to a change in the frequency with which the police fatally shoot people in the U.S. Using data from The Washington Post鈥檚 鈥淔atal Force鈥� database, this report provides national and state-level data on fatal shootings by police since 2015, including during COVID-19. Our analysis reveals that the police have continued to fatally shoot people at the same rate during the first six months of 2020 as they did over the same period from 2015 to 2019. The report also demonstrates that Black, Native American/Indigenous, and Latinx people are still more likely than white people to be shot and killed by police. The report puts forth a set of recommendations designed to reduce police departments鈥� role, presence, responsibilities, and funding, including dramatically transforming use-of-force laws, and instead reinvest into community-based services that are better suited to respond to actual community needs. These measures can lead to a reduction in police interactions, and in turn, help put an end to racist police violence.

When the pandemic struck, it was obvious what needed to be done: take all actions possible to 鈥渇latten the curve.鈥� This was especially urgent in prisons and jails, which are crowded facilities where social distancing is impossible, sanitation is poor, and medical resources are extremely limited. Public health experts warned that the consequences of inaction or inadequate response were dire: prisons and jails would become petri dishes where, once inside, COVID-19 would spread rapidly, cause illness and death, and then boomerang back out to the surrounding communities with greater force than ever before.

Due to long-standing and systemic racial disparities in the criminal legal system, advocates knew it would disproportionately be poor people of color in prisons and jails whose lives were on the line. So when faced with this test, how did leading officials fare? In this report, the 红杏视频 and Prison Policy Initiative evaluate each state鈥檚 actions to save incarcerated people and facility staff from COVID-19. The findings are startling. Despite clear information and calls for action, state responses ranged from disorganized or ineffective to just callously nonexistent. The data in this report reveals that no state has done enough and that all states failed to implement a cohesive, system-wide response to protect and save lives.