Prison pipeline for transgender youth

[Shana A]

Prison pipeline for transgender youth
Karen Franklin, Ph.D.

http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2008/03/prison-pipeline-for-transgender-youth.html

Poor and minority especially at risk

At a prison reception center, dozens of orange-clad men sit in a long row, waiting for an initial mental health screening. Imagine my surprise, one morning, to see an orange-clad woman sitting in one of the chairs.

I did a double-take the first time I saw this while working at the prison. After a while, though, I got used to it. Quite a few transgender prisoners live in mainline men's prisons.