LGBTQ+ inmates often face increased bias, discrimination and unsafe circumstances while incarcerated.
Dee Farmer served time at a federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, for credit card fraud. She was housed in a male facility even though she identified as a trans woman. Based on prison policy, she was placed with her gender assigned at birth. Within two weeks of her arrival, she says she was beaten and raped by her cellmate.
"Bias and discrimination across the board by police, by judges, by attorneys," she said."Things like family rejection, poverty, homelessness, bullying in schools — were all part of their story leading to the criminal legal system." Shows like"Orange Is the New Black" introduced many in the public to life in prison for LGBTQ+ people. "'Orange Is the New Black,' and some other shows that have come out since then have really humanized people who are in custody," Saenz continued."One of the things that I remember seeing is that a trans woman was approached, you know, maybe by four or five inmates at once, sort of like jokingly harassing her sexually.
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