by October Krausch | Feb 16, 2026 | CoreCivic, housing, LGBTQ Rights, News, Organizing, PREA, Prisons, Solitary Confinement, Tennessee
In the United States, it is possible to be unhoused even inside a prison. At the South Central Correctional Center in Tennessee, people sleep in doorways, closets, or even in the showers. “Anywhere that’s pretty much off camera,” said Bishop, a man imprisoned in the facility who chose not to use his last name out of fear of retaliation. Atticus, another man in the prison…
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by Adam Rhodes | Dec 5, 2025 | Anti-trans, Department of Justice, Department of Justice (DOJ), doj, Donald Trump, Executive Orders, Intersex, Intersex Rights, Jails, LGBTQ Rights, News, PREA, prison rape, Prisons, Sexual Violence, Trans Rights, US Department of Justice
The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to dismantle protections for trans and intersex people in federal, state, and local prisons, jails, and youth detention facilities, according to a government memo obtained by Prism. The memo, dated Dec. 2, takes aim at existing standards of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) that the department says do not comport with the Trump administration’s…
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