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Dec. 17, 2008
In California and Beyond, LGBT Prison Inmates Have It Worst
Sexual violence is pervasive throughout U.S. prisons — and no one is harder hit than inmates who identify as LGBT, writes Lovisa Stannow. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By Lovisa Stannow In 2006, Alexis Giraldo was repeatedly raped, assaulted, harassed and threatened in a California prison. A male-to-female transgender inmate in a men's prison, Giraldo was clearly at high risk for sexual abuse. Nonetheless, she was placed in a cell with a predatory male inmate - and then moved into another cell with her attacker's friend. Giraldo begged for help, reported the ongoing abuse and followed available prot...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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