LGBTI

February 12, 2021

Chile: interno de cárcel de La Serena se suicida tras acosos de gendarmes por su orientación sexual

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February 12, 2021

Chile: siguen los abusos en gendarmería, ahora torturan a interna trans en cárcel de Arica

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South America LGBTI Access to legal rights Torture Violence Chile

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February 12, 2021

Salvador: inside a prison cell for gay former gang members

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In April 2019, Carlos Martinez was visiting a prison for gang members in El Salvador, having gained rare access to help with a photography project. A reporter for national newspaper El Faro, Martinez, 41, was used to dealing with the gangs that have over decades made his country one of the most violent…

Source — Time

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February 3, 2021

Chile: cárcel y mujeres, la urgencia de pensar un sistema penitenciario con enfoque de género

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February 3, 2021

Chile: “que puedan manifestar el género asumido” y reclusión segmentada, el nuevo protocolo de gendarmería para internos trans

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December 22, 2020

United States: trans inmate wins federal case to get gender affirming surgery

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Nicole Rose Campbell was diagnosed with gender dysphoria prior to going to Racine Correctional Institute, a medium-security men’s state prison in Wisconsin. She was “permitted to receive hormone treatments, counseling, and even allowed to wear some women’s clothing” since starting her sentence, but was…

Source — LGBTQ Nation

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September 15, 2020

Nicaragua: mujeres trans hablan desde las prisiones durante la COVID-19

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July 6, 2020

Colombia: 285 casos de discriminación a población LGBTI en prisión en 2019

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South America LGBTI Violence Colombia

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June 17, 2020

UK: trans and in prison during a pandemic, a rare glimpse behind bars

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Overcrowded, confined spaces are a nightmare for the spread of coronavirus. This makes prisons a potential hotspot for the disease. Despite this, most researchers who study prisons have been locked out of them at this crucial time. In the UK, the prison and probation service has halted primary research…

Source — The Conversation

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June 12, 2020

Latin America: una masacre anunciada

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May 20, 2020

Argentina: ¿para qué está la cárcel?

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May 5, 2020

Turkey: a life in isolation

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) prisoners represent a minority. Their protection is not ensured at all levels and their specific needs are neglected. Hilal Basak Demirbas works at the Society in the Penal System association. She regularly exchanges letters with LGBTI prisoners… Read more

December 18, 2019

Russia: transgender woman in Russia faces hard time in men's prison

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Michelle had no idea that the erotic anime images she posted on social media years ago could land her in an all-male prison and endanger her life.

Source — Radio Free Europe

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December 11, 2019

USA: transgender inmate ruling could change prison policy

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Nevada must comply with a recent federal appeals court ruling requiring that inmates receive state-funded gender confirmation surgery.

Source — The Seattle Times

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December 10, 2019

USA: trans felons want lifetime ban on name change removed

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North America LGBTI United States

A group of transgender plaintiffs sued the state of Illinois for the right to change their legal name despite past felony convictions.

Source — Advocate

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November 29, 2019

Latvia: last inmates transferred from Brasa prison prior to closure

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This week the last inmates were transferred from the to-be-liquidated Brasa prison to other correctional facilities, while the Brasa prison will be closed down as of April 1, Latvian Prison Administration rep Aija Fedorova told the press.

Source — LSM.LV

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November 16, 2019

Spain: los presos trans podrán trasladarse de cárcel según su sexo sentido

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November 6, 2019

Chile: "contra las mujeres y las personas LGBTIQ existe una violencia específica"

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South America LGBTI Violence Chile

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September 23, 2019

South Africa: transgender inmate wins right to express her gender in male prison

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LGBTI South Africa

The Equality Court sitting in the Western Cape ordered that the Department of Correctional Services had to respect September’s wishes to be treated as a woman.

Source — IOL

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September 2, 2019

USA: trans woman kept in men’s prison for a year says she was harassed and beaten

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LGBTI United States

A trans woman has said that the state of New Jersey knowingly kept her in men’s prisons for more than a year, where she says she was sexually harassed and beaten.

Source — Pink News

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August 21, 2019

Protecting LGBTI people deprived of their freedom: a fundamental duty

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The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), headquartered in Geneva, has been working for forty years to prevent abuse in prison, especially by strengthening the monitoring bodies in places of deprivation of liberty. It is publishing a monitoring guide for the protection of LGBTI persons in… Read more

August 18, 2019

Nicaragua: cárcel y homofobia

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July 31, 2019

USA: cause of death revealed for transgender woman who died at Rikers Island

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Officials said an autopsy found that a transgender woman died of complications from epilepsy in New York’s Rikers Island jail, exacerbating her family’s suspicion that jail conditions contributed to her death.

Source — CNN

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June 11, 2019

United States: after a transgender woman’s death at Rikers, calls for justice and answers

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North America LGBTI United States

In April, Layleen Polanco, a transgender woman, was arrested on misdemeanor assault charges and sent to the Rikers Island jail complex because she could not afford to pay a $500 bail. Nearly two months later, she was found dead in her cell.

Source — The New York Times

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