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Legal Prostitution in Nevada

Legal Prostitution in Nevada. Is Clark County Getting “Screwed”?. Legal Nevada Prostitution. Suspend any moral dilemmas concerning prostitution Prostitution is a legal business and occupation in the State of Nevada

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Legal Prostitution in Nevada

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  1. Legal Prostitution in Nevada Is Clark County Getting “Screwed”?

  2. Legal Nevada Prostitution • Suspend any moral dilemmas concerning prostitution • Prostitution is a legal business and occupation in the State of Nevada • Separate the world of illegal prostitutes on the streets and in the hotel rooms of Las Vegas/Reno with that of the legal bordellos of Nevada • Prostitution generates enormous revenue – the illegal trade much more than the legal businesses • Legal prostitution has financial, safety, and health issues attached to it

  3. Legal Nevada Prostitution • Legal Prostitution exists by legal, Nevada statues (laws) in 12 of the state’s 17 counties • In 3 counties – Carson, Douglas, and Lincoln – it is outlawed by county ordinance • In 2 counties –Clark and Washoe – it is illegal by state law • state law makes prostitution illegal in any county with more than 400,000 inhabitants

  4. Legal Nevada Prostitution • Nevada Revised Statute 244.345 allows the Board of County Commissioners in each county to license, tax, and regulate brothels in their counties • NRS 269.175 denies this power to the Board of Commissioners in Counties with more than 400,000 inhabitants • In 1949, the Nevada Supreme Court case of Cunningham v. Washoe County ruled that prostitution was legal in Nevada in the counties that wanted such activity

  5. Legal Nevada Prostitution • Interesting Facts • in the 1860’s Nevada, the ratio of men to women was 20-1 • in the last half of the 1800s, the Comstock Lode and Virginia City dominated commerce west of the Mississippi River which was fertile ground to allow prostitution to flourish • Julia Bulette was reported to be earning up to $1000 per evening • In 1931, gambling was legalized in Nevada and with it, the number of houses of prostitution exploded

  6. Legal Nevada Prostitution • In Las Vegas, it was “Block 16” which was just north of Fremont Street (Stewart Ave) • In Reno, it was known as “The Stockade” located just off North 2nd Street • Houses of Prostitution were located in Clark County (technically illegally) until 1972 • The last houses – Roxie Motel and the C-Bar-C Ranch, were locate just behind The Flamingo Hotel and the Four Mile Bar on Boulder Highway

  7. Legal Nevada Prostitution • Clark County District Attorney, Roy Woofter, had a plan to legalize a brothel 10 miles from the Strip in 1971 • Storey County receives $500,000 yearly (2007) from brothel fees and licenses which is 10% of their total operating budget

  8. Legal Nevada Prostitution • The average brothel prostitute has 105 sexual contacts peer month. There are currently (2009) 32 houses and about 300 legal prostitutes • 300 x 105 x 12 = 378,000 yearly sexual contacts • At an average of $193 per contact (2007), that equals… $72,954,000 in yearly revenue

  9. Legal Nevada Prostitution • Each “soiled dove” splits all fees for sexual services 50/50 with the bordello owner • Each bordello worker must also pay $30-$45 per day for room, meals, laundry, and sex-relates supplies. The girls also must pay their weekly, state mandated medical examinations for STDs • An average brothel worker earns between $50,000 and $75,000 yearly with the girls that are IN DEMAND earning as much as $250,000 (2007)

  10. Legal Nevada Prostitution • The average bordello worker is in the trade for about 10 years • On average, bordello prostitutes are better educated (some college) than the average American • In 1974 at the Cottontail Ranch, 70% of all prostitutes were either ex-teachers or ex-nurses • Almost 7 of 10 legal hookers go on to open their own business or work in a professional setting when the exit the sex trade

  11. Legal Nevada Prostitution • OK, so why is Clark County getting screwed? • in 1983, 4,071 prostitutes were arrested in Clark County at a cost to the taxpayers of $1,828,814 • In 1989, 2,219 arrested prostitutes cost taxpayers $1,418,586 • In 1998, there were 3,328 prostitution arrests in Clark County at a cost of $3,327,895 • 3,328 x 105 x $193 = $67,441,920 in MONTHLY revenue

  12. Legal Nevada Prostitution • If prostitution were legal in Clark County and taxed at 10%, about $7 million dollars in revenue would be generated monthly • 67,441,920 x 10% = $6,744,192 in tax MONTHLY revenue

  13. Legal Nevada Prostitution • More interesting facts: • In 1982, A US Census Bureau report indicated that there were about 10,000 illegal prostitutes working the streets, bars and outcall services in Las Vegas and Reno • That number might “double” on a big weekend like a heavyweight fight or special entertainment event • Less than 2% of legal prostitutes in Nevada contract an STD……it is estimated that more than 25% of illegal prostitutes carry some form of STD

  14. Legal Nevada Prostitution • The Nevada Department of Health has been testing legal brothel workers for AIDS since 1986 and NOT ONE lady has ever tested positive for HIV. Since 1986, 37 ladies who have applied to be legal bordello workers in Nevada were denied a permit because they did test positive for HIV • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KA_d2R6wAY

  15. Legal Nevada Prostitution • THE BOTTOM LINE • Men spend about $70 million annually to have legal sex in Nevada. It is estimated that men spend about $700 million to have illegal sex from the streets, hotel rooms, and outcall services of Las Vegas and Reno • So, is Clark and Washoe Counties getting screwed? • And they are still trying to outlaw it… • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u1Cesn0P1w

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