The Prison Rape Elimination Act is a sham! State of Missouri DOC policy states that a person who has male genitals will go to a men's prison. I know several trans inmates who were raped while I was in prison, including myself. If we feel our safety is at risk we can go to the Hole (prison within a prison with 22+ hours of lock down) but we must drop names and be labeled as snitches which further puts us in harm's way. In the hole you are often in a cell with someone who is transphobic and there's no guarantee that you or your cellmate will be moved.
The Prison Rape Elimination Act is a sham! State of Missouri DOC policy states that a person who has male genitals will go to a men's prison. I know several trans inmates who were raped while I was in prison, including myself. If we feel our safety is at risk we can go to the Hole (prison within a prison with 22+ hours of lock down) but we must drop names and be labeled as snitches which further puts us in harm's way. In the hole you are often in a cell with someone who is transphobic and there's no guarantee that you or your cellmate will be moved.
The smallest demographic. Strange choice isn’t it? The small man with the big signature.