Report on treatment of trans, gender-nonconforming prisoners announced
By Tyneisha Bowens
New York
Published Feb 7, 2008 9:46 PM
http://www.workers.org/2008/us/prisoners_0214/ (http://www.workers.org/2008/us/prisoners_0214/)
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project held a release party for "'It's War in Here': A Report on the Treatment of Transgender and Intersex People in New York State Men's Prisons" on Jan. 31 at the Solidarity Center in New York City. The report describes in-depth the conditions that trans and gender-nonconforming folks are subjected to when incarcerated.