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昨(4/17)晚警方大舉在元朗搜捕三百名妓女，並隨即召開記者會。我們關注，被捕的妓女，是否得到良好待遇﹖是否能受到有尊嚴的對待? 我們是否著眼於警察的「功績」，而不再細想，妓女被捕的經歷為何?
中環域多利監獄，是香港第一座監獄。建於1841年，直至2006年廢棄。這座監獄其中一個主要功能，是拘押來自內地的妓女。SCMHK準備了一輯妓女在監獄中塗鴉的照片，有對情人的思念，有抒發鬱悶，也許是機會讓這些秘密得以被注視。我們希望終止針對性工作者的暴力，以及真正讓性工作除罪化，而非透過各式刑罰變相把性工作者排擠至更邊緣的位置上。
The first of its kind in Hong Kong, Victoria Prison was built in 1841 and decommissioned in 2006. Here are a few snapshots inside the cells that used to hold the prison’s female inmates, many of whom were Chinese mainlanders incarcerated for engaging in sex work. These female prisoners took turns writing on the wall, and the graffiti that they have left behind un-wall their secrets to us – the secret of lives led with meaning, freedoms desired in captivity, hardships undertaken with tenacity, relationships maintained through grief and tenderness.
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