De facto punishment of transgender individuals in the penal system.

[Aerows]

16. It's a difficult situation

The main area where I see humongous problems is a MTF individual or a FTM individual in a male prison. I can't even see a way to have them be in the general population without major problems. Gay cis-gender males in jail have it extremely rough if it becomes known that they are gay. Mind you, I've never been to prison so I'm hardly an expert, but it's not really difficult to figure out what is going to happen.

I can't even fathom what would happen to a FTM in the general population of a male prison if it becomes known that they still retain female sex features. MTF are going to have a horrible time, too, because there are many ignorant people in prison (which is why some are in prison to begin with) that just assume they want to sleep with every man on the planet.

I think MTF are going to have some issues in a women's prison, but nowhere near what would happen in a male prison. As someone earlier pointed out you can't keep men from raping other men; FTM and MTF will absolutely be open season if/when it comes out. At least being in solitary confinement gives them a chance to actually survive their sentence.

Horrible things happen in all prisons, but I have to think that transgendered individuals would be a hell of a lot safer for everyone concerned from staff to inmates to security if they are put in women's prisons.