United States of America
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale.
United States: trans women misgendered in Flagstaff arrest, held in men's jail
The arrest of a transgender woman last month in Flagstaff sparked protests in the community and outrage at the handling of trans cases in the criminal justice system — both during her arrest and her time in the men’s side of the jail.United States: 33 people have died in LA county jails this year
17 people have died in Los Angeles County jails since June 1. Their deaths bring the total number of people who have died while in the custody of the nation’s largest jail system this year to 35—averaging just shy of one death every week.
Estados Unidos: Nueva York trasladará mujeres y transexuales de la peligrosa cárcel de Rikers
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United States: trans inmate wins federal case to get gender affirming surgery
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that a prison would violate an inmate’s constitutional rights by denying her from having gender-affirming surgery, and has ordered correction officials to allow for the inmate to make such arrangements.