"Trans prisoners in the federal system are being rounded up and taken from their housing units, with the understanding they may be rehoused in the wrong unit soon."
"Trans prisoners in the federal system are being rounded up and taken from their housing units, with the understanding they may be rehoused in the wrong unit soon."
Statistically, 58% of trans women that are placed in male units will be raped.
Here's the call to action as to not violate rule 3:
"If you have anybody on the inside, make sure they and their attorneys have copies of all their legal paperwork. You can also spread news of this (but make sure to focus on facts and fighting rumors. I will always do my best to post updates that come directly from the inside either from Kara herself or from counsel.)"
The title and call to action are from the video description, there is more information about this there.
There is no possible argument against classifying this as an egregious violation of human rights.
A small number of us voted against this, the rest are all for it. Democracy and ignorance make for a lot of suffering.
Jfc. My heart breaks reading this. I cannot even begin to imagine the absolute terror these people are feeling right now.
We better get imagining unfortunately. They're just the softest easiest targets ATM. If we don't defend them. We'll deserve it when the fascists turn on everyone else. We all know the script. No excuses, no compromising with, no toleration of fascists.
It’s time to abolish prisons.
Yep, violently and with extreme force because the legal processes certainly won't. They have proven that time and time again, so we must make them disappear.
I'd post a sci-hub link for the article mentioned, but I don't know if that is allowed. Regardless, you can find the article there.
This is horrifying but sadly not surprising, and only the beginning. So while it's good that their legal teams are trying their best to help, it feels like there isn't going to be much they can do (in terms of lawyering) to stop this.
I hope at least some local groups are organising direct action, and would be glad to send them some funds if anyone knows of any.
How could it be surprising....this is what they said they would do. P2025 has been public for a long time.
Which is precisely why I said it isn't surprising.
I'm sorry if this is a really stupid question (I am not American/don't live in the USA), but... aside from the fact that some people might not "pass" particularly well, what evidence does the state have that a prisoner is or is not trans? Is the system so well-coordinated that they can and do easily search every prisoner for past name/gender changes? (Assuming the person in question had already updated their documents.)
All trans prisoners at the federal (not state) level were already kept in a single prison where the medical staff had specialized training in the medical needs of trans people. Unfortunately, that single prison is in Texas, a state that is eager to tow the Republican party line.
They have access to birth records and if you're pre-op there's obvious physiological signs. In most states name changes are documented as well.
Between this and the age limit for gender affirming care ending at 19 and not 18, it's not secret, Trump is coming for us.
It was never secret. But the protest voters and “centrists” refused to see it as an issue.
You're being fairly generous here, they'll sit in adseg for the duration of this national fuckup or their sentence/ life because I imagine they'll do something like write a hit on them everyday until they stop being something they can't change.