It has been operated since the s. In the s, oil refineries were opened on the island. Women migrated to the island to service the needs of the oil workers and sailors from the tankers.
The governor appointed a commission that included the police, the public health department and the clergy with a view to solving the prostitution problem. They concluded that the best alternative was to concentrate prostitution in one location away from the town centre, [2] The plan was for a complex of appeasements where prostitutes could work independently.
Woman are issued with a 3-month visa to work in the brothel. Between the late s to the mid s, half of the prostitutes returned for further 3 months' work.
Between and , an estimated 25, sex workers have been employed in the establishment. Although originally run by the government, the establishment is now privately run to government regulations.
Housed in an ex-army barracks, it has a capacity to house sex workers, although normally there are about women working there. An admission charge is levied on entry. Clients negotiate a price with the sex workers, who work independently. In the evenings, the women put on pole dancing and striptease shows. Many of the customers are sailors from the ships anchored in the deep-water harbour. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
