On 5/10/2016 the City of Phoenix amended the Catholic Charities contract extending it from ending 6/30/2017 to 9/30/2017 for the winding down period to allow participants to complete the program. No extensions remain on the contract. Catholic Charities was granted an additional $299,009 of additional funding "to continue to provide and monitor rehabilitation services for prostitution offenders. The program offers support, education and treatment to end a lifestyle of prostitution benefiting both the community and the offender, for the Law Department."
Dave notes, this is the show the horrors of street hookers and pimps to scare from this "lifestyle". Catholic Charities ran the Project Rose roundups to Bethany Bible Church were woman were given the choice of their rehab indoctrination program and to be for many their pretend victim, or go to jail. It seemed most of the roundups were from ads and reviews for established by choice woman that didn't want to be rescued or play their victim game for funding. Due to many complaints, the Project Rose roundups were "temporally suspended" a few years ago.
I do not know if the John's conversion program is still running or how often the diversion is offered to gals vs the mandatory 15-days minimum in jail (usually Tent City). They current enforcement emphasis seems to be on criminal enterprise felony cases if two people work together, have helper, driver, etc with many massage and agency busts over the last few years. Most of these cases result in felony pleas, although many are currently in progress in Maricopa Superior Court.
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I periodically check the MCSO mugshots page to see who got arrested for "sex crimes". Seems to me, outside of the periodic AMP or brothel-by-another-name busts, charges of prostitution against individual hobbyiests or providers are quite rare.
Maybe they want you to get complacent and then the government strikes when you least expect it when defenses and protocols are lax.
Scottsdale and some of the other cities have their own jails and do not use Sheriff Joe's booking so do not show up on the MSCO site.
There are still a large number of felony cases I follow and report on other places when more than one person in Superior Court since cases can go on for 1-5 years unless take a quick plea deal.
Well, Virginia mug shot up felony prostitution related.
Just after thought it had been slow.
So all hobbyists should keep a dossier of information on criminal enterprises to trade...?
The new site is very bad compared to old. Many have no info vs old format. Amazing what a lot of the arrests are for. If legitimate more what LE should go after vs private consenting adults. I agree it seems to have slowed for now in escort arrests although John arrest have always been rare. They usually get guys to give evidence against gals in exchange for no arrest. It tends to go in streaks and perhaps is related to grants from the huge anti groups.
Scottsdale and some of the other cities have their own jails and do not use Sheriff Joe's booking so do not show up on the MSCO site.
There are still a large number of felony cases I follow and report on other places when more than one person in Superior Court since cases can go on for 1-5 years unless take a quick plea deal.