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Task Force Formed in Wake of Layleen Polanco Death Finds NYC Jails Fail Transgender People

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A new report from a task force convened by the Board of Correction finds that the city jails system continually fails to identify, protect, and properly care for transgender, gender non-conforming, nonbinary, and/or intersex people in custody. Transgender women are routinely sent through a men's jail intake facility, sometimes for days. Guards threaten to switch trans detainees to opposite-sex housing for not following mundane rules. Many struggle for months to get basic medication.

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NBC New York

Task Force Formed in Wake of Layleen Polanco Death Finds NYC Jails Fail Transgender People

NYC jails fail to protect and adequately care for transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary and intersex people in its custody, leading to routine abuse and neglect, a new 146-page report outlined Monday. The task force formed by the Board of Correction, in the wake of Layleen Polanco’s death on Rikers Island in June 2019, details the difficulties in the years since…

2 years ago·New York, United States

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Gothamist

City jails fail to protect or properly identify transgender people, task force finds

Three years after the death of Layleen Polanco in solitary confinement, a new report documents systemic failures that have left most people misclassified, starting with the cops and courts.

2 years ago·New York, United States

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The City

City Jails Fail to Protect or Properly Identify Transgender People, Task Force Finds

Three years after the death of Layleen Polanco in solitary confinement, a new report documents systemic failures that have left most trans people misclassified, with some alleging violence.

2 years ago

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Brooklyn Daily Eagle

City jails fail to protect or properly identify transgender people, task force finds

This article was originally published on Aug 15 5:00am EDT by THE CITY This reporting was produced in partnership with New York Public Radio station WNYC and its news site Gothamist. In 1979, the city Department of Correction created a special unit within the men’s jails on Rikers Island to house gay men and transgender […]The post City jails fail to protect or properly identify transgender people, task force finds appeared first on Brooklyn Eag…

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Task Force Formed in Wake of Layleen Polanco Death Finds NYC Jails Fail Transgender People

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Task Force Formed in Wake of Layleen Polanco Death Finds NYC Jails Fail Transgender People

Task Force Formed in Wake of Layleen Polanco Death Finds NYC Jails Fail Transgender People

City jails fail to protect or properly identify transgender people, task force finds

City jails fail to protect or properly identify transgender people, task force finds

City Jails Fail to Protect or Properly Identify Transgender People, Task Force Finds

City Jails Fail to Protect or Properly Identify Transgender People, Task Force Finds

City jails fail to protect or properly identify transgender people, task force finds

City jails fail to protect or properly identify transgender people, task force finds

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