Often when a sex worker gets arrested, s/he loses contact with his/her friends and support network. This is often because of the misguided notion that if one person is in trouble, hisThis is simply not true when dealing with state-level misdemeanors. This is part of our Know Your Rights Workshops that SWOP-Chicago puts on both locally, and nationwide. Please read through the Don’t Panic Plan document, and then Fill out the Emergency Response Worksheet. Most are PDF files, you may need a PDF reader which you can get here.

• Know Your Rights Pamphlet
• Emergency Response Worksheet
• Police Tactics and Being Arrested VIDEO