⚖️ Debate grows over housing policies for transgender inmates

A new debate is heating up over where transgender inmates should be housed in the prison system.
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Punishment politics and the suppression of restorative justice Decades of 'tough on crime' policy have expanded prisons while narrowing reform. Restorative justice has been repeatedly constrained not for lack of evidence, but because it redistributes authority away from the state.

Australia’s prison crisis is not accidental. Decades of punitive expansion have crowded out restorative justice – not because it fails, but because it diffuses control away from the state, Jane Anderson writes.
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State strips trans prisoner care — urgent fix. Map cut treatments, push emergency litigation and independent monitoring to protect health and rights. Full breakdown → https://wtf.xsbrt.com/?id=2026-02-20-bop-trans-care Save or reply with legal/resource leads. #prisonpolicy

Massachusetts Congressional Candidate Helped Transgender Murderer Get Into Women's Prison

MA Congressional Candidate Helped Transgender Double Murderer Get Into Women’s Prison

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As the day winds down, the Conservatives are turning up the heat — proposing Tasers and baton rounds for prison guards.
Is this really the answer to a crisis they helped create?
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States that impose severe prison sentences accomplish the opposite of what they say they want Research shows that imposing longer sentences harms inmates and society. There are less expensive − and more effective − ways to hold people accountable and help them prepare for life after prison.

A former inmate turned criminal justice professor explains how good behavior incentives helped him turn his life around in prison. Laws eliminating these incentives may do more harm than good By John Leverso, University of Cincinnati #criminaljustice #prisonpolicy