link:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2005/09/04/in_providence_a_loophole_eases_sex_for_sale/
PROVIDENCE -- Sex is for sale in Providence, and police here say there's little they can do about it.
Behind storefronts that advertise as massage parlors and spas blocks from City Hall, police say, prostitution runs unfettered thanks to a loophole in state law that decriminalizes selling sex indoors. Although soliciting sexual favors on the street is illegal, police in Providence say prostitution is not prohibited if it happens behind closed doors.
''We don't have a law criminalizing prostitution indoors," said Providence Police Lieutenant Thomas Verdi, who leads the department's antiprostitution efforts.
So if you are from RI, and can't find a date here, no worries, just go buy one!
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