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What, to the American Incarcerated Person, Is Your Fourth of…
[ad_1] Additional reporting by Kiki Dunston On July 5, 1852, the formerly enslaved abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivered his scathing Independence Day speech about the paradox of patriotism in an America that had passed its second federal Fugitive Slave Act. This notorious 1850 legislation required law enforcement to arrest people they suspected of escaping slavery, on…
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How Trump’s Trans Order Sows Chaos for Federal Prisoners, St…
[ad_1] Filed 6:00 a.m. EST 02.11.2025 Without guidance from the Bureau of Prisons, trans people are “told one thing from one staff person and a totally different thing from another.” President Donald Trump spoke at a victory rally in Washington, D.C., the day before his second inauguration. Angelina Katsanis/POLITICO via Associated Press First, President Donald…
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Trans Woman Settles Pending Lawsuits with Federal Prisons Af…
[ad_1] Attorneys for the federal prison system agreed last week to pay $95,000 to a transgender woman who had alleged in dozens of lawsuits that she had been abused and mistreated in its custody by both fellow prisoners and staff. The agreement to settle the suits was signed just days before the inauguration of President…
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Prison Violence Against Transgender People: 3 Things to Know
[ad_1] About 2,000 transgender people are incarcerated in federal prisons, according to the Bureau of Prisons — a tiny fraction of the federal prison population. But they are disproportionately targeted for abuse and assault. One of those is Grace Pinson, a self-taught jailhouse lawyer who has sued the Bureau of Prisons more than 100 times…