15 Years Later, Has PREA Protected LGBTQ Prisoners Against Sexual Assault?

The minute Ashley Sawyer walked into prison in February of 2015, everyone knew who she was. Her partner, Annette Douglashad died in the same facility one month earlier.

“There was an instant judgment made before I even got to present who I was or how I identified,” Sawyer said in an interview. The prison was small, and Douglas had talked about her. It was known that Sawyer dated women, so she was watched, closely.

Authors
Sydney Boles
Type
News
Standards
None
Facility
Community Confinement
Juvenile Facility
Lockup Facility
Prisons and Jails
Terms
LGBTI
Implementation
Transgender