- In Rhode Island ex. rel City of Providence v Choe, a judge dismissed a case against a employee of a massage parlor charged under the previous statute, this was because these sex workers were not "loitering for the purposes of street prostitution" and in turn, the judge created "de facto decriminizliation of indoor prostitution"

2003 Interpretation of the RI Legal Code in relation to Sex Work

- Post-1980 Pandering, brothels, and loitering for the purpose of prostitution were made illegal, no more street walking and solicitation. Also removed language related to the explicit legality of prosittution its self

Ohio State University, Columbus

- Although Sex work was illegal in RI, issues related to the proliferation of Streetwalkers were increasing, in turn, the current laws although banned prostitution Streetwalking was legal

Legality of Sex Work in Rhode Island Pre-1980

Cunningham, Scott and Shah, Manisha. Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: Implications for Sexual Violence and Public Health, The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 85, Issue 3, July 2018, Pages 1683–1715, https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdx065

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