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In Chicago neighborhoods considered "high stroll" areas for prostitution, a full-size Winnebago is parked on the corner four nights a week. Inside, there are prostitutes, but no illicit sexual activity takes place.
This camper is more than just a camper; it could be called a traveling clinic. There is free HIV testing. There are videos created by the Chicago Department of Public Health on syphilis and other diseases. There is a display counter with pamphlets. They even serve coffee and soup.
This is the Night Moves camper, designed to reach Chicago sex workers. It is the brainchild of Nancy Jackson, executive director of Prologue, a nonprofit providing educational services. Her agency serves as the hub of Night Moves with many of its staff volunteering on the camper.
"[We're] trying to work with the folks who need us most out there, who are operating in the shadows," says Jackson, a former teacher from Detroit who moved to Chicago 20 years ago to attend law school but stayed in education. "[We have] been very committed to public health in general, serving very underserved populations."
The camper parks in one of 11 "high stroll" areas on every Thursday through Sunday from midnight to 6 a.m., when most sex workers are awake and visible on the streets. On any given night, there are at least three staffers--a driver, as well as one on the camper and another on...
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