So she was transferred to a men’s facility from a women’s, denied any opportunity to appeal, and thrown in solitary for not going willingly. I wonder, are they going to keep her in solitary for the rest of her imprisonment, or are they going to release her and put a woman in with the men at the prison? Either seems like a completely fucked up option.
It’s Definitely not just a US thing, although the scale of incarceration in the US is immense. it’s just a handful of European countries that actually treat prisoners ok.
Rationally; she did break a rule. Logically; that should’ve seen her placed in the ‘Female Solitary Unit’; as she was already classified as female.
Unfortunately, the prison also made a large mistake, and she should not have been ‘transferred’ to a Men’s Facility.
She wasn’t placed in solitary for breaking the rule, that’s a fairly common rule to break. She was placed in solitary for resisting the transfer.
Here’s an additional article with significantly more background information: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trans-rights-prison-amber-kim_n_6557ce06e4b0998d69a049d4
This is really sad all around. Sex isn’t supposed to happen in prison, but it happens in men’s and women’s facilities. The fact that this person was only vilified and transferred to a men’s facility after someone at the DOC leaked the investigation documents and an article was run dead naming her and implying she was a predator is so wrong.
That’s not news, it’s just a common cruelty
