Mon Sep 02, 2013 at 04:00 PM PDT
Transgender in the Hoosegow
by rserven
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/02/1235781/-Transgender-in-the-Hoosegow*Trigger Warnings*
Interesting word, hoosegow. Etymology Online says it is probably a mispronunciation of the Spanish juzgado: tribunal, court...past participle of juzgar: to judge, from Latin, judicare: to judge.
Gene Dickerson, 39, is a transgender state inmate in Dallas, Pennsylvania state prison. Because of Pennsylvania prison rules, she is housed, of course, with a male population.
Dickerson has filed a lawsuit in federal court, alleging unsafe living conditions because of her transgender status. She also alleges that she has suffered harassment and discrimination at the hands of Department of Corrections officials because of her gender.
Dickerson says that DOC officials have failed to screen her cellmates for transphobia and homophobia, thereby exposing her to dangerous situations.
