Jane Doe is in isolation at the boy’s juvenile detention facility in Middletown, meanwhile out in Arizona a trans-woman was raped in the men’s immigration and detention center.
Activists say transgender woman raped at Arizona immigrant centerIt seems to me that because it is a private organization that they should be held libel for allowing her to be raped. It sounds like they did not live up to the terms of their contract; I imagine that somewhere in the contract that they signed said that they would provide a safe facility for the detainees.
Reuters
By David Schwartz
Jul 31, 2014
(Reuters) - Rights activists called on Thursday for the immediate release of a transgender women allegedly raped by her cellmate at an Arizona immigrant detention center, accusing authorities of refusing to provide for her safety.
The activists say immigration and detention center officials have shown they are incapable of protecting the 23-year-old woman following the alleged July 20 sexual assault at the Eloy Detention Center, southeast of Phoenix.
The woman, Marichuy, whose legal name is Jesus Leal Gamino, has been detained for more than a year at the 1,437-detainee center, which is operated by Corrections Corporation of America under a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Is the only way to protect trans-people here in America is by locking us up in solitary confinement which is ordinarily used for only harden prisoners as punishment. Having no contact with the outside world, and confined in a cell for 23 hours a day and only one hour of exercise out of the cell. Is this punishment for being jailed while trans?
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