Discuss several issues that surveys of transgendered inmates found within prisons.

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What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

The PREA work titled Supplemental Tables: Prevalence of Sexual Victimization Among Transgender Adult Inmates found the following: An estimated 35% of transgender inmates held in prisons and 34% held in local jails reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff in the past 12 months or since admission, if less than 12 months. About a quarter of transgender inmates in prisons (24%) and jails (23%) reported an incident involving another inmate. Nearly three quarters (74%) said the incidents involved oral or anal penetration, or other nonconsensual sexual acts. When asked about the experiences surrounding their victimization by other inmates, 72% said they experienced force or threat of force and 29% said they were physically injured. Transgender inmates reported high levels of staff sexual misconduct in prisons (17%) and jails (23%). Most transgender inmates who had been victimized reported that the staff sexual misconduct was unwilling on their part (75%) and that they experienced force or threat of force (51%) or were pressured by staff (66%) to engage in the sexual activity. Among those victimized by staff, more than 40% of transgender inmates in prison and jails said they had been physically injured by the staff perpetrator.