I understand the need for s/he prisons, but really, now we need "it" prisons?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_on_re_us/transgender_inmate_rape

I'm sorry, but if you look like that, you best do everything in your power not to go to prison.

Answer 1

That guy/whatever does look like a freak. But, it's also an interesting point. Hypothetically...let's say he looked better, maybe even had breast implants. Would it be ok to throw him into a male federal prison then? I'm thinking that would be some serious cruel and unusual punishment, especially just for shoplifting. Maybe the guy has a point.

Answer 2

The issue of transsexual people in prison is a thorny one.

Common sense says that a transsexual woman should NOT be placed in a male prison (regardless of surgery); as the article says, it's throwing a piece of fresh meat into a lion's cage, and she WILL be assaulted and raped.

But the law doesn't work on common sense; it decides where you go based on what's on your birth certificate.

The most obvious temporary solution is administrative segregation (solitary confinement), but even that's not foolproof; a prisoner in solitary must still have SOME contact with other inmates, and it doesn't take long to rape someone.

Answer 3

I have never heard of a "it" prison

Answer 4

more education