Trans Prisoner Veronica Baxter Repeatedly Called For Help. When Her Jail Cell Wa

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Trans Prisoner Veronica Baxter Repeatedly Called For Help. When Her Jail Cell Was Opened, She Was Hanging

http://www.queerty.com/trans-prisoner-veronica-baxter-repeatedly-called-for-help-when-her-jail-was-opened-she-was-hanging-20110407/

Veronica Baxter, a MTF transgender inmate who was housed in a male prison in Sydney, hanged herself in her cell back in March 2009. But lest you think the Department of Corrective Services is somehow at fault for having a female prisoner into a male facility, the coroner has decided to clear prison officials of any wrongdoing.

    Deputy State Coroner Paul MacMahon said there was nothing to suggest any failure by the department contributed to the death of Veronica Baxter, who was found dead in her cell while on remand at Sydney's Silverwater Correctional Centre in March 2009.