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Trans Woman Sent to Men’s Prison After Alleging Rape by Guard
August 23, 2011 by Cara Kulwicki · 17 Comments
TRIGGER WARNING: Material about sexual assault. Recently, a woman was allegedly orally raped by a prison guard at Riverside Correctional Facility in Philadelphia. She reported the assault to authorities and an investigation was opened. During that investigation, officials learned that she was not a cisgender woman, as they had apparently been assuming, and promptly transferred [...]
Filed under Incarceration, Justice · Tagged with Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Prison Rape, Prison Treatment, Riverside Correctional Facility, Trans Rights, Transgender, Women in Prison
UN Considers Rights of U.S. Sex Workers
November 5, 2010 by Cara Kulwicki · 2 Comments
Today, November 5, for the first time, the United Nations will, under its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) system, review the human rights record of the United States. That’s a pretty big deal period, especially since the process is comprised not only of self-assessments by the nation being reviewed, but also reports by civil society organizations. [...]




