Officials, activists struggle with housing transgender people in jail

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Officials, activists struggle with housing transgender people in jail

http://www.sunherald.com/2015/05/15/6229714/officials-activists-struggle-with.html

By Regina Zilbermints
May 15, 2015

"On April 28, a 20-year-old Pass Christian resident, whom several South Mississippi residents said they knew as Alaina, was booked into the Harrison County Detention Center under the name "Richard Alan Mauffray."

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I agree with the premise of the article - that isolating a trans prisoner is double punishment, but it's a step up from what happens most of the time, where women are thrown in with the men.

I think this is a difficult issue to resolve. Trans women clearly belong with women, but it is not always obvious when a male-bodied prisoner can be classified as a trans woman.