Gay prison inmates

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A former inmate shares his perspective on being a gay man in a federal prison camp. A correctional officer and counselor deal with two teen inmates who got in a fist fight over the affections of another boy.

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Research Library? These laws — carryovers from the height of the HIV pandemic — punish people for exposing others to the illness even if no transmission occurs, and can lead to people being criminalized for simply having sex while HIV-positive. This year, for Pride Month, we gather a few of the most striking facts about the criminalization of queer youth and adults.

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Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people are more than twice as likely to be arrested as straight people — and lesbian and bisexual women, specifically, are more than four times as likely to be arrested as straight women. Prison gerrymandering? Recommended Reading:.

The U. Where are they locked up and why? One in six trans people have been incarcerated at some pointincluding nearly half of Black trans people. Advocacy Toolkit Resources, tips, and best practices to help advocates working to end mass incarceration.

He reveals the truth about sex, stereotypes, treatment, and life behind bars. In some prisons, the only protective custody available to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people is segregated isolation. While the correctional officer te.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in prison face difficulties which non-LGBTQ prisoners and non-incarcerated LGBTQ people do not. Prison Policy Initiative newsletter? While little government data exists about the over-incarceration of this group, research is slowly emerging that shows how a multitude of forces push LGBTQ people into jails and prisons at highly disproportionate rates.

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