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New data LGBT people across all mographics are at heightened risk of vlent victimizatn Prison Policy Iniative, November, 2022“Lbian and gay people experienced 44 victimizatns per 1, 000 people, which was more than twice the victimizatn rate of straight people (19 per 1, 000 people). Visualizg the unequal treatment of LGBTQ people the crimal jtice system Prison Policy Iniative, March, 2021“The data is clear: lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) people are overreprented at every stage of crimal jtice system, startg wh juvenile jtice system volvement. The Overreprentatn of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Qutng, Genr Nonnformg and Transgenr Youth Wh the Child Welfare to Juvenile Jtice Crossover Populatn Angela Irve and Aisha Canfield, April, 2016(The experience of crossg om the child welfare system to the juvenile jtice system is important to thk about bee is a measure of the heightened vulnerabily and margalizatn of LGBQ/GNCT youth, pecially LGBQ/GNCT youth of lor.
Informatn about the rights of lbian, gay, and bisexual dividuals who are prison, and the available reurse for vlatns of the rights. * lgbt prisoners *
Injtice at Every Turn: A Report of the Natnal Transgenr Discrimatn Survey Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly; Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force, 2015“One-fifth (22%) of rponnts who have teracted wh police reported harassment by police due to bias, wh substantially higher rat (29-38%) reported by rponnts of lor.
The Unfair Crimalizatn of Gay and Transgenr Youth: An Overview of the Experienc of LGBT Youth the Juvenile Jtice System Center for Amerin Progrs, June, 2012“Gay, transgenr, and genr nonnformg youth are signifintly over-reprented the juvenile jtice system--approximately 300, 000 gay and transgenr youth are arrted and/or taed each year, of which more than 60 percent are black or Lato.
Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr mat face vlence and timidatn. And prisons are stgglg to addrs their needs. * lgbt prisoners *
Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Youth: An Epimic of Homelsns Natnal Coaln for the Homels, 2006“LGBT youth face the threat of victimizatn everywhere: at home, at school, at their jobs, and, for those who are out-of-home, at shelters and on the streets. The data is clear: lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ 1) people are overreprented at every stage of crimal jtice system, startg wh juvenile jtice system volvement.
(Namely, we provi the only natnal timat for lbian, gay, or bisexual arrt rat and muny supervisn rat that we know of.