To What Extent Does Society Need to Support LGBTQ+ Prisoners in American Prison Housing?

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211220.096How to use a DOI?

Keywords

LGBTQ; Abuse; Prison

Abstract

Though tremendous progress has been made in advancing the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, sexual minorities continue to face overt discrimination in American prison housing. The American prison system routinely neglects and abuses LGBTQ+ prisoners. The aim of this paper is to examine the abuse of LGBTQ+ prisoners in American correctional facilities and propose possible solutions. This paper recommends the government to build upon pre-existing safety standards by instituting self-identification policies; the state ought to provide flexibility and limited autonomy for LGBTQ+ prisoners to protect vulnerable sexual minorities.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Andrew Li
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - To What Extent Does Society Need to Support LGBTQ+ Prisoners in American Prison Housing?
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 572
EP  - 575
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.096
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.096
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