Citing attacks from the Trump administration and overcrowding on Rikers Island, advocates for transgender people behind bars are pushing local lawmakers to codify how transgender detainees are identified and housed in gender-aligned units.  In recent months, the White House has tried to force the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to move transgender women back into […]

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