“The National Inmate Survey (NIS) administered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics found 35 percent of transgender inmates held in prisons and 34 percent held in jails experienced one or more incidents of sexual assault at the hands of facility staff or other inmates in a one year period.”
While I find this statistic to be horrifying, I unfortunately can’t say that it surprises me. There are so many layers as to why this is fucked up that I don’t know where to start. Transphobia? Sexism? Rape Culture? The Prison System? Sometimes it all seems too much.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-survey-transgender-inmates-more-likely-to-be-victims-of-sexual-assault/
"I was laughed at, ridiculed, and even the butt of many officer's jokes," said one transgender inmate