Federal Prisons Bar Gender-Affirming Care for Trans People
βPeople will die,β an advocate warns, as standard treatments for gender dysphoria are replaced with therapy and antidepressants after Trumpβs order.
BREAKING: The federal prison system will stop providing gender-affirming medical or social transition care to almost any transgender people, under a new policy released by the Bureau of Prisons Thursday. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/19/t...
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Both in our communities and in detention, people deserve dignity and safety. Join us in calling on Congress to immediately halt funding to ICE and CBP.
bit.ly/noicefunding
29.01.2026 18:31 β
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Proud to join alongside incredible partners in calling on Congress to immediately halt funding to ICE and CBP. Read the full letter here π
www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/sites/defaul...
28.01.2026 16:15 β
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π£ Your daily reminder: Tell your Senators NO MORE TAX DOLLARS FOR ICE & CBP. Help us keep up the pressure.
It only takes 2 minutes to send messages directly to your Senators:
act.nilc.org/page/93101/a...
27.01.2026 19:07 β
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π¨URGENT: The House will vote as soon as TOMORROW on increasing funding for ICE & CBP.
More funding with no accountability is essentially an invitation for these agencies to keep violating our rights.
We have to stop this. Tell your reps to vote NO on more funding: act.nilc.org/page/93101/a...
21.01.2026 16:58 β
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Urge Senators and Members to Reject ICE Funding!
We need you to take action NOW! Coming into the New Year the House and Senate are proposing to expand immigration detention. Currently the proposal on the table includes funding to detain an additiona...
ICEβs violent escalation in Minneapolis is a terrifying reminder of how important it is to fight for those whose rights are under attack β both in our communities and behind bars. We mourn the preventable killing of Renee Nicole Good and demand that Congress stop funding ICE now.
bit.ly/noicefunding
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Trump cuts hamper Idaho prison abuse reform efforts
Cuts to Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center result in less state support for training, guidance and grants
As Idaho reckons with revelations of widespread sexual abuse by womenβs prison staff, the Trump administration has cut off support meant to help states combat that kind of abuse. By @wbryen.bsky.social - www.investigatewest.org/idahos-effor...
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The House just passed the Kayla Hamilton Act β a bill that would subject undocumented kids as young as 12 to invasive bodily searches and increase and prolong their detention, putting them at heightened risk for sexual abuse. We urge the Senate to reject this bill and protect the safety of children.
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Prisons With Highest Rates of Sexual Abuse Revealed by DOJ
The Department of Justice has released data revealing the amount of sexual victimization in prisons and local jails in the U.S.
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βWhen you give an incomplete picture, it just makes it impossible to do that next step to do the work of ensuring that correctional practices are as they should be and advance the safety of incarcerated folks.β JDI's deputy executive director on the problems with the recent BJS data releaseπ
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"It's going to make people less safe. And when facilities are less safe for the most vulnerable and marginalized, they're less safe for everybody."
Listen to JDI Executive Director Linda McFarlane on NPR's All Things Considered π
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"JDIβs Executive Director Linda McFarlane said in a statement that the changes 'will lead to increased chaos and violence inside prisons and jails, placing staff and incarcerated people in greater danger.'" Read the full article π
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Department of Justice Reveals Plan to Eliminate Rules Protecting Incarcerated Transgender and Intersex People from Sexual Abuse
The DOJ just revealed its plan to roll back sexual abuse protections for incarcerated transgender and intersex people.
Read our statement π
justdetention.org/nprm-memo/
03.12.2025 18:54 β
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Share your Words of Hope!
I just sent a warm holiday greeting to survivors of prisoner rape. Will you join me and Just Detention International in sending peace and light their way?
A reminder that @justdetention.bsky.social has started their Words of Hope campaign. The holidays can be a terrible time for prisoners, especially survivors of SA.
You can participate here:
justdetention.org/writewordsof...
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Today is #TransgenderDayofRemembrance. Incarcerated transgender people are disproportionately impacted by sexual abuse in detention and face challenges accessing the care they need and deserve. Today and every day we stand with trans people behind bars.
20.11.2025 17:14 β
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Fall 2025
Our fall newsletter is out now! This edition features the story of Ryan, a queer person incarcerated in California who launched the Incarcerated LGBTQ Allies group at his prison. Check out his story, as well as advocacy and program updates, and more survivor stories π
justdetention.org/publication/
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βYou Are All Terroristsβ: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
We applaud the courage of the survivors who are speaking out about the horrifying torture and abuse they endured at CECOT. We must fight to end the administration's dangerous ramp up of immigration detention and deportation that puts people at risk for sexual abuse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Thank you!
10.11.2025 17:37 β
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Just a reminder that dressing as a "prisoner" for Halloween isn't funny! There are nearly 2 million people incarcerated in the United States. Mass incarceration is a human rights crisis. It is not a costume.
29.10.2025 18:20 β
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Love this! Thank you for writing cards for incarcerated people!
27.10.2025 14:55 β
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Had written holiday cards, markers, and reading glasses scattered on a green tablecloth.
Sending off my holiday cards for @justdetention.bsky.social Words of Hope campaign. I love doing this every year!!! Itβs really such an easy way to help our incarcerated people.
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In summer 2024, 7 women accused Idaho prison workers of sexual misconduct. The allegations spanned decades, took place at various facilities and involved different perpetrators. One thread connects the claims: none were thoroughly investigated by state police. www.investigatewest.org/case-closed-...
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Your periodic reminder that no matter what crime a person may have committed, rape is never part of the penalty.
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π¨ Together, NCYL and @acaciajustice.bsky.social released companion reports exposing recent ORR policy changes preventing unaccompanied childrenβs release from custody and highlighting the devastating consequences of these childrenβs prolonged custody.
Read more: youthlaw.org/news/two-new...
29.09.2025 16:10 β
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Upholding Not Undermining International Law: Civil Society Open Letter to States - Human Rights First
The 268 faith-based, non-governmental, and other civil society organizations listed below call on UN Member States to uphold, preserve, strengthen, and celebrate international refugee, human rights, a...
Alongside 268 faith-based, NGO, & civil society orgs, we call on UN Member States to uphold and strengthen international refugee, human rights, and humanitarian treaties and reject efforts to undo or undermine these legal norms. Read more β¬οΈ
22.09.2025 20:26 β
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Join JDIβs Words of Hope Campaign! β Just Detention International Join JDIβs Words of Hope Campaign! β Just Detention International
Folks, @justdetention.bsky.social has started their Words of Hope campaign which sends holiday cards to survivors of prison rape. You can request cards here:
justdetention.org/woh/
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