Testimony at the hearing centered around trans women and their allies who said they had been assigned to male units where they were assaulted, removed for medical treatment, and then brought back to the same units, where they faced attacks.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.City officials are rolling back protections for transgender detainees, leaving them vulnerable to rape, beatings and discrimination at Rikers Island, members of the City Council and previously incarcerated LGBTQ+ individuals alleged at a hearing on Wednesday.
About 75% of those applications are approved, according to Molina, but people can be denied for unspecified “security reasons,” criminal history, or information that suggests they’re being deceitful about why they want to be transferred. The hearing began with a moment of silence for Layleen Polanco, a trans woman who died in solitary confinement in 2019. Her name was repeatedly invoked during the hearing.
Councilmembers showed their frustration with the lack of data that Molina brought to the hearing. He did not provide information on how many disciplinary cases had been brought against officers for violating policies intended to protect LGBTQ+ detainees. He also wouldn’t provide details about staff training for working with transgender detainees.revealing that two of three employees in the correction department’s LGBTQ+ Affairs Unit recently quit in protest.
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