Trans people in US prisons?

[Lobotomy]

I've heard that when trans people are sent to prison in the US, they are sent to prison according to their biological sex, not their gender, and are subsequently subject to much harassment from other prisoners (more than usual). however, this is just something I've heard on forums. can anyone give me a source for this? I'd like to write about it.

[Marquess]

According to Wikipedia:


Transgender prisoners are especially vulnerable in US prisons due to a general policy of housing them according to their birth gender regardless of their current appearance or gender identity. Even transgender women with breasts may be locked up with men, leaving them vulnerable to violence and sexual assault, as occurred with the case of Dee Farmer, a pre-operative transsexual woman with breast implants who was raped when she was housed in a men's prison. Transgender men housed in women's prisons also face abuse, often more from guards than other inmates.

I can't post links yet, but just Google "LGBT people in prison" and go down to "Transgender issues". Then click on the 16 at the end and it will take you to the link to the source.

Hope that helps.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

I've heard that when trans people are sent to prison in the US, they are sent to prison according to their biological sex, not their gender, and are subsequently subject to much harassment from other prisoners (more than usual). however, this is just something I've heard on forums. can anyone give me a source for this? I'd like to write about it.
The movie "Cruel And Unusual"

[tachosomoza]

I've heard that when trans people are sent to prison in the US, they are sent to prison according to their biological sex, not their gender, and are subsequently subject to much harassment from other prisoners (more than usual). however, this is just something I've heard on forums. can anyone give me a source for this? I'd like to write about it.

Much harassment? That's a horrible understatement. Transgender inmates aren't even allowed to go into general population in some higher level institutions, for their own safety. Prisons, COs, and lumpen inmates are some of the most reactionary institutions and people in the world.