
Italy to open trans only prison
The main reasons for creating separate prisons are obviously security issues and also different healthcare and facility needs for trans-identified people, something that isn’t just the case in Italy. It seems pretty obvious that trans people face some pretty harrowing security issues in close quarters, so this move seems like a step in the right direction – but I can see how separating trans people from the rest of the prison population could lead to further isolation, segregation and make them easier targets by all being in one place. Is this move indicative for the rest of western prisons? Only time will tell.
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