Can There Be Meaningful #JusticeforJane?
Category: QUEER VOICES
A 16-year-old transgender girl spent 77 days alone in a Connecticut prison without ever being convicted of, or even charged with, a crime. Known publicly as "Jane Doe" because she is a minor, she sat alone in the York Correctional Institution, a high-security prison in Niantic, Connecticut, for two and a half months.
By Chase Strangio, ContributorAttorney; founding board member, Lorena Borjas Community Fund, 2014-07-01