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Broken Prison System ~ Kim Wirtz, Layleen Polanco, Roxsana Hernandez, LeslieAnn Manning & J...
BROKEN PRISON SYSTEM FOR TRANSGENDER WOMEN:
Transgender women of color are jailed at disproportionately high rates and suffer trauma, discrimination, and violence more brutally than the general population. As Iya Dammons, executive director of Safe Haven Baltimore, powerfully noted: “We’re dying at an alarming rate.”
- Kim Wirtz: A 43-year-old Asian transgender woman found unconscious on February 25, 2021, in a single jail cell at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center.
- Layleen Polanco: An Afro-Latina transgender woman with a documented seizure disorder who was found unresponsive…
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