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Title: Being Transgender In Prison Should Not Equal Torture
Post by: Butterfly on January 12, 2010, 10:54:01 AM
Post by: Butterfly on January 12, 2010, 10:54:01 AM
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 (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.
Transgriot
By Monica Roberts
12 January, 2010
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/01/being-transgender-in-prison-should-not.html (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.