LGBTQ+ in Westmoreland, Jamaica

In Jamaica, the sale and purchase of sex are not offences as such, but most surrounding conduct is. The Sexual Offences Act 2009 makes it an offence to procure a person to become a sex worker or to leave home to frequent a 'house of prostitution' (s. 18), and, under s. 23, to knowingly live wholly or partly on the earnings of prostitution or to persistently solicit or importune 'for immoral purposes' in any place, public or private. Section 23 offences carry up to J$500,000 or three years before a Resident Magistrate, or up to ten years in the Circuit Court, and anyone who controls or directs a sex worker's movements is presumed to be living on the earnings. The Towns and Communities Act fines anyone who loiters in a public place and solicits for prostitution. No specific advertising offence was found. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/jamaica/, reviewed 2026-11-04, CC BY 4.0.