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Title: Welcome to Texas, prison rape capital of the U.S.
Post by: Shana A on March 23, 2012, 10:00:29 AM
Post by: Shana A on March 23, 2012, 10:00:29 AM
Welcome to Texas, prison rape capital of the U.S.
Posted on 22 Mar 2012 at 5:06pm
Lone Star State home to 5 of 10 worst facilities for sexual assault of inmates, and LGBT prisoners are 15 times more likely to be victims
Daniel Villarreal | Contributing Writer
http://www.dallasvoice.com/texas-prison-rape-capital-u-s-10105138.html (http://www.dallasvoice.com/texas-prison-rape-capital-u-s-10105138.html)
In 2007, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice placed transgender woman Brittney Allen Young into the Powledge men's prison unit in Palestine.
Early in her sentence, Young's cellmate, Charles, began overpowering and raping her, according to a letter Young wrote to Dallas Voice recently.
Young says when she reported the assaults, the guards simply placed her in a different cell on the same wing where Charles and another inmate continued to rape her.
Posted on 22 Mar 2012 at 5:06pm
Lone Star State home to 5 of 10 worst facilities for sexual assault of inmates, and LGBT prisoners are 15 times more likely to be victims
Daniel Villarreal | Contributing Writer
http://www.dallasvoice.com/texas-prison-rape-capital-u-s-10105138.html (http://www.dallasvoice.com/texas-prison-rape-capital-u-s-10105138.html)
In 2007, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice placed transgender woman Brittney Allen Young into the Powledge men's prison unit in Palestine.
Early in her sentence, Young's cellmate, Charles, began overpowering and raping her, according to a letter Young wrote to Dallas Voice recently.
Young says when she reported the assaults, the guards simply placed her in a different cell on the same wing where Charles and another inmate continued to rape her.