Gay prison

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In one of those compounds the prisoners controlled bunk assignments. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in prison face difficulties which non-LGBTQ prisoners and non-incarcerated LGBTQ people do not, due to belonging to a minoritised subsection of both the prison populations and the LGBTQ community.

I have been to a number of prisons, and my experience as a gay man has varied. And at a third, there were a lot of gays having one-night stands, but not many real relationships.

Learning to Be Openly : Adults The most recent national data on incarceration and sexuality is from the National Inmate Survey

A correctional officer and counselor deal with two teen inmates who got in a fist fight over the affections of another boy. Back then I remember very few prisoners who were open about being anything other than heterosexual. Here are our ground rules: You must credit Prison Journalism Project.

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