Even With Legal Help, Transgender Prisoners Are Never Safe in Prison
Document Type
News Article
Publication Date
8-18-2015
Abstract
Samantha Hill knew it was going to happen.
Her cellmate was leering at her and acting strangely. Although Hill had only been housed with him for a few days at the U.S. penitentiary in Florence, she’d been in prison long enough to recognize the warning signs. But when her cellmate began stuffing rosary beads into the tip of his penis on the night of December 16, 2011, Hill’s nervousness turned to terror. “If you wake it, you’re going to burp it ’til it spits,” the cellmate told her, according to legal documents.
Source Publication
Denver Westword, LLC's The Westword
Recommended Citation
Smith, Brenda V. and Asmar, Melanie, "Even With Legal Help, Transgender Prisoners Are Never Safe in Prison" (2015). Popular Media. 297.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/pub_disc_media/297