RT Article
T1 Legal battles: transgender inmates’ rights
JF The prison journal
VO 100
IS 5
SP 662
OP 682
A1 Redcay, Alex
A2 Luquet, Wade
A2 Phillips, Lorraine
A2 Huggin, McKenzie
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1800507240
AB Challenging binary gender norms and common conceptions of the differences between sexes, transgender individuals are misunderstood, feared, and often subjected to stigma. As a result, transgender individuals are exposed to harassment, violence, and employment discrimination. The negative outcomes of this exposure include poverty, unemployment, trauma, homelessness, arrest, and/or incarceration. Within the correctional system, stigmatization is heightened, leading to grave consequences for transgender inmates. The goal of this article is to highlight these outcomes, as illustrated from legal case histories, and to suggest best practice recommendations for correctional system improvements in ensuring the rights of transgender inmates.
K1 Legal rights
K1 Transgender
K1 Inmates
K1 Correctional system
DO 10.1177/0032885520956628