Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Worth it: one ASBO prostitute off drugs, four being treated / Reading Evening Post, 17 Oct 2005

http://www.getreading.co.uk/story.asp?intid=13083
"ONE of the seven street prostitutes given anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) last year has kicked drugs and got a job.
Four others are still receiving treatment for their crippling addictions, an outcome police, health workers and council officials labelled a stunning success. The seven, who were among the town's most prolific prostitutes, were given ASBOs banning them from working the streets 15 months ago because of complaints that they were blighting West Reading."