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Being Transgender In Prison Should Not Equal Torture

Started by Butterfly, January 12, 2010, 10:54:01 AM

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Being Transgender In Prison Should Not Equal Torture
Transgriot
By Monica Roberts
12 January, 2010


http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/01/being-transgender-in-prison-should-not.html


Maria Benita Santamaria was sentenced to prison after she was arrested with ten pounds of meth. Clearly, this is against the law, however; she did not deserve to be tortured, sentenced to a men's prison and denied medical care. Her story is not unique, in fact the prison industrial complex is not equipped properly to house transgender criminals.
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