Why Do We Throw Prostitutes in Prison?

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73. Nevada is one huge Government bombing range

something like 90% of Nevada is owned by the Federal Government. It is open desert. People tend to live in the Mountains around Reno or around the Colorado River in places like Las Vegas. In both Reno and Las Vegas prostitution is illegal.

In most of the rest of the State Prostitution is legal (county option) and that is where the "Legal" prostitutes operate. The Legal houses are in isolated areas near major highways. Being isolated they have to advertise and they do, bragging about how safe they are. I have NOT heard of any independent studies showing that to be true, but it is claimed by these houses.

The reason prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas and Reno is the same reason it is illegal in the rest of the Nation. It has been found to be the best way to regulate prostitution. Remember most regulation of prostitution has little to do with preventing VD or drugs, but in making sure the number of people complaining of seeing them in their neighborhoods are kept to a minimum. i.e. making sure they only operate in certain areas and at certain times.

In the rural areas of Nevada, given that the neighbor is almost always a US government bombing or test range, few complaints thus no need to make them illegal. Thus in many ways Nevada shows why Prostitution is illegal in the US, it is more to give the maximum amount of power to their regulatory agency, the local police.