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New Research Details Transgender Inmate Prison Stories

Started by Natasha, June 03, 2011, 05:10:31 PM

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June 03, 2011, 05:10:31 PM
New Research Details Transgender Inmate Prison Stories

http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/06/pennsylvania_transgender_inmates.html
6/3/11
by Asraa Mustufa

A Philadelphia-based collective released a report called "This is Prison, No Glitter Allowed" on the experiences of transgender and gender variant people in Pennsylvania's prison system. The research, in which 68 percent of respondents identified as black, adds to a growing body of work that looks at how transgender inmates fare when incarcerated.

Drawing inspiration from similar research carried out in New York and Washington DC, the group Hearts on a Wire surveyed 59 transgender and gender variant recently or currently incarcerated individuals in Pennsylvania, most of which were placed in men's correctional facilities.
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