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| Trans rights behind bars |
| By philly.com- Samantha Melamed |
| Published: 08/21/2014 |
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For the Hearts on a Wire Collective, a grassroots movement to support transgender people in and out of prison, the fate of their fall 2013 newsletter seemed proof that logic was lost in Pennsylvania's correctional system. A member reported that the newsletter, a compendium of drawings, poems, essays, homegrown legal advice, and obituaries, was confiscated at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) Fayette - because it contained "information regarding the manufacture of explosives, incendiaries, weapons, escape devices or other contraband." The offending article? A recipe for lip gloss using materials scrounged from the cafeteria and purchased at the commissary. Read More. |
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