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In her continuing letters, transgender inmate Lynn expresses her frustrations at the current state of corrections and highlights the intolerance she has experienced at the hands of staff.
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Trans Trip by Lynn S.
Forward By Christopher
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 34 USCS 30302, also known as PREA was passed into law on 4 September 2003 to protect prisoners and vulnerable populations within our nation’s prisons, jails and lockups. The act establishes “a zero-tolerance standard for the incidence of prison rape in prisons in the United States.” and to “increase the accountability of prison officials who fail to detect, prevent, reduce, and punish prison rape.” (34 USCS 30301)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Michelle Tierney
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In today’s guest written post you’re going to discover how one state is handling the issue of transgender inmates. It’s also about how the state legislature has passed laws and created policies that have created an unsafe atmosphere at the state’s women’s prison, both for the staff and for
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