Stephen Colbert - trial

 

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Trans prisoner Tiffany Scott dies in jail (UK)

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BBC

Peterhead, Scotland

HMP Grampian

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JAIL, AGAIN??? (Ahhhhhhhhhh....) (video)

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Rikers Jail Whistleblower Decries Collapse of LGBTQ+ Unit Meant to Protect Trans Detainees

George Joseph

Democracy Now!

Rikers Island (New York City)

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lead story - Two transgender women arrested at rights rally call treatment at Miami jail ‘dehumanizing’

Haley Lerner
Miami Herald

Miami, FL

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lead story - New York county agrees to 'landmark' transgender jail reforms

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

Bath, NY

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lead story - Man tells judge he regrets punching transgender woman in face, gets 75 days in jail

Aimee Green
Oregon Live

Portland, OR

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ezs note:  Mr. Gonzalez - I'm glad you feel sorry for your actions.  But I'm also glad you served 75 days to think about it.  Hopefully, this WON'T happen again.

lead story - Grandma mistakenly booked into all-male jail, staff thought she was transgender

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ezs note:  Ah, what dumbasses these Florida, ahem, "correctional' officers are.   Listen, you may have been told that this is still the 17th century, but things a bit past that now.  In this century, females - cis or trans - go to the female jail.  I know that you long for the days of horsewhipping, but, hey, we all have to get over things.

lead story - Transgender Woman Booked Into Male Section Of Jail During Protest

Angela Musallam
CBS Sacramento

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Transgender prisoner suffers horrific head wound in attack at all-male jail (UK)

Andy Gardner
The Sun 

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Tanzanian authorities jail 13 activists for 'promoting homosexuality'

James Besanville
Gay Star News

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ezs note:  You can make a difference in these people's lives!  All you do is press the button and fill out the form on the right side.  That's it!

Transgender Teen Commits Suicide While In Jail, ACLU Calls For Investigation

Cody Gohl
newnownext

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Indiana: Pay to Pee Bill Will Punish Transgender Students With Jail and Fines for Using Wrong Bathrooms, Senate Bill 35 Under Fire

Essel Pratt
Inquisitr

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ezs note:  Indiana residents - please remember to have your state representative AND state senator vote NO on this moronic bill!  Thanks. 

Tony Perkins: Trans People Will Try To Go To Jail For 'Free Surgery'

Isabel Carter-Kahn
Right Wing Watch

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Jail to house transgender inmates based on identity

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The Orange County Register

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Black Transgender Woman Profiled While On Vacation, Now Stuck In Iowa Jail

Zack Ford

Think Progress

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Trans Woman Says Jail Staff Ridiculed And Mocked Her During Pat Down

JOHN PAUL BRAMMERBlue nation review

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Official: S.F. jail inmates forced into 'gladiator-style' fights

BRETT WILKINS
Digital Journal

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Quotes!

I can't say I'll never go to jail for a cause again, but I hope I never have any more jail bologna,

     - Michael Cunningham

'To Quote A Queer'

Transgender man’s suit claims Georgia jail ignored rape by corrections officer

 NINA GOLGOWSKI
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ezs note:  Fortunately, this vile 'corrections officer' is getting what he deserves.  If you are a corrections officer who is a witness to such things, please turn him in.  Inmates deserve fair treatment too!!!