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October 2, 2024
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Trans Woman Inmate Reaches Landmark Settlement with Minnesota Prison System
The settlement guarantees appropriate housing and treatment for all trans inmates in the state.
June 4, 2023
The Federal Hospital System Is Disproportionately Packed With Gays
An investigative look into why some queer men remain locked up even after serving their time.
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May 23, 2018
Our Issues Must Be Part of Criminal Justice Reform
Addressing the prison system's disproportionate effect on LGBT people is necessary.
March 3, 2016
Patrisse Cullors Knows That We Are Not Separate
The queer cofounder of Black Lives Matter has a plan to dismantle the prison system that has disenfranchised so many.
December 8, 2015
The horrific reality of transgender individuals in Texas prisons
Highlighting the silenced struggles of incarcerated transgender individuals, Xandan tells the experiences of abuse and systemic neglect faced within Texas prisons.
March 26, 2024
We Still Prosecute HIV Without Addressing How It's Spread
Michael Johnson's conviction for spreading HIV has been overturned, but the criminal justice system still has not eliminated risk within prisons.Â
December 21, 2016
For Incarcerated Black Men, Few Options for Safe Sex
Gay and bi black men face both high rates of HIV and incarceration as well as a prison system that denies them lifesaving condoms.
September 24, 2015
Out on Parole, Ashley Diamond Speaks
As her lawsuit against Georgia's state prison system moves forward, Ashley Diamond reflects on being black, trans, and low-income in the Deep South.
September 29, 2015
#FreeMeaganTaylor Movement Grows for Jailed Trans Woman
As the #FreeMeaganTaylor movement takes off, activists say the prison system has thrown up roadblocks in bailing the 22-year-old out of a segregated Iowa jail cell.
July 20, 2015
Biden's Justice Dept.: Prisons Must Assure Safety of Trans Inmates
The DOJ filed a statement of interest in Ashley Diamond's case against the Georgia prison system, which she says failed to protect her from sexual assault and denied her health care.
April 26, 2021
Anti-LGBTQ Group's Effort to Imprison Trans Women With Men Is on Hold
The Alliance Defending Freedom is biding its time, hoping a Supreme Court ruling will enable further anti-trans discrimination.
November 8, 2019
Trans Woman Now in Men's Prison After Impregnating 2 by Consensual Sex
But her advocates point out that she's being treated differently than other inmates involved in consensual relationships.
July 20, 2022
Chelsea Manning's Plight Highlights Trans Prison Abuses
The lawyer for WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning says his client's treatment in prison is both reprehensible and similar to that of other incarcerated trans women.
August 24, 2015
Rio's Trans Inmates Allowed to Choose Between Male or Female Prisons
Brazil -- a country which sees a record amount of transphobic violence -- is taking unique steps to reduce the epidemic in Rio prisons.
June 1, 2015
Chelsea Manning's Letter from Fort Leavenworth
In an essay she wrote for an upcoming book, Chelsea Manning discloses her past as a homeless trans youth.
September 18, 2015
BL Shirelle Amplifies the Voices of Those in Prison Through Music
Philadelphia-based rapper and songwriter BL Shirelle is recording and producing the work of currently incarcerated musicians.
October 8, 2020
Texas Updates Trans Prisoner Policies
Transgender prisoners who started hormone therapy before going to prison can now go through a process to start hormone therapy.
February 8, 2016
Prison Authorities Champion Abstinence Over Condoms
To activists concerned about AIDS and prisoners' rights, it's an urgent, commonsense step that should already be nationwide policy -- letting inmates have condoms to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases behind bars. Yet their efforts have run headlong into a stronger political force: Authorities' desire not to encourage inmates who flout prison rules against sex. Only one state, Vermont, and five cities regularly hand out condoms to inmates.
November 21, 2007
