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Federal Hill Protest Targets Landlords, Donna M. Hughes Dr., Melanie Shapiro Esq
Federal Hill Protest Targets Landlords, Donna M. Hughes Dr., Melanie Shapiro Esq
Donna M. Hughes
Landlords who rent space to spa-brothels were the target of a protest on Atwells Avenue on Federal Hill in Providence on the evening of March 28th. About two dozen neighbors, friends, and anti-trafficking activists gathered to condemn landlords who rent to spa-brothels.
Men Still Visiting Brothels, Melanie Shapiro Esq, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Men Still Visiting Brothels, Melanie Shapiro Esq, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Donna M. Hughes
Wednesday night, I gave a talk at Brown University, as part of the Human Trafficking Awareness Week. After the talk, I stopped for a coffee on Atwells Avenue on the way home. One Spa, an illegal spa-brothel, is next door to the coffee shop and just above the office of the Federal Hill Gazette. From the time I got out of my car and returned with my coffee, I saw three men go into the brothel—one white man in his late thirties dressed in carpenter pants, a flannel shirt, and baseball cap, one older balding white man with glasses, …