Lbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) dividuals are disproportnately rcerated, mistreated and sexually victimized U.S. jails and prisons, rearchers say.
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- NY DEFEATS GAY PAROLE OFFICER’S SEXUAL ORIENTATN BIAS APPEAL
- MASSACHETTS PAROLE BOARD GRANTS PAROLE TO OPENLY GAY INMATE AFTER NEW HEARG
- BTAL GAY BASHER WHO WAS SENT TO PRISON FOR LIFE JT GOT REMEND FOR PAROLE
NY DEFEATS GAY PAROLE OFFICER’S SEXUAL ORIENTATN BIAS APPEAL
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The LGBTQ+ populatn is prised of people wh non-heterosexual inti—those who are lbian, gay, bisexual, and others—and people wh non-cisgenr inti—those who are trans and genr non-nformg.
MASSACHETTS PAROLE BOARD GRANTS PAROLE TO OPENLY GAY INMATE AFTER NEW HEARG
A gay female parole officer waed too long to sue the New York State Department of Correctns and Communy Supervisn for alleged sexual orientatn bias and harassment, the Send Circu led Friday. * gay parole *
Approximately 124, 000 adults self-intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual U. 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.
BTAL GAY BASHER WHO WAS SENT TO PRISON FOR LIFE JT GOT REMEND FOR PAROLE
Massachetts Parole Board Grants Parole to Openly Gay Inmate After New Hearg * gay parole *
(Namely, we provi the only natnal timat for lbian, gay, or bisexual arrt rat and muny supervisn rat that we know of. Rearchers timate that 20% of youth the juvenile jtice system are lbian, gay, bisexual, qutng, genr nonnformg, or transgenr pared wh 4-6% of youth the general populatn. Lbian, gay, and bisexual adults the crimal jtice system.
Our analysis of data om the Natnal Survey on Dg Use and Health (NSDUH) reveals that 2019, gay, lbian, and bisexual dividuals (wh an arrt rate of 3, 620 per 100, 000) were 2. Meanwhile, gay and bisexual men are 1.
Gay, lbian, and bisexual people are also overreprented prisons and jails, pecially lbian and bisexual women.