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1. How Police Entanglement with Immigration Enforcement Puts LGBTQ Lives at Risk, Sharita Gruberg, Center for American Progress (2017)

   This report from the Center for American Progress highlights how LGBTQ people and people living with HIV face unique challenges under the dual pressures of immigration enforcement and traditional law enforcement, especially as the Trump administration inc ...

   admin - 5/10/2020 10:55am

2. Support for HIV Testing and HIV Criminalization Among Offenders Under Community Supervision, Brad Barber and Bronwen Lichtenstein, Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Volume 33, 253-273 (2015)

   In a survey of 197 Alabama probationers and parolees to determine offenders' knowledge of HIV and Alabama’s HIV-specific criminal law, and their level of support for HIV testing and mandatory disclosure, the vast majority supported both testing and c ...

   admin - 11/2/2015 1:11pm

3. Statement on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States: Updated to 2020, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2015)

   This statement addresses 1) broad public ignorance about HIV, STIs and identities associated with stigmatized diseases; 2) the criminalization of HIV; 3) HIV related discrimination in criminal justice and immigration detention facilities, and in the milita ...

   admin - 1/28/2020 5:29pm

4. Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Toolkit- End the Abuse: Protecting LGBTI Prisoners from Sexual Assault, American Civil Liberties Union (2014)

   This toolkit is designed for advocates working to protect people who are incarcerated and identify as LGBTI. It is also helpful as a know-your-rights brief for LGBTI individuals who are incarcerated. The toolkit provides general examples of policies and p ...

   admin - 1/9/2021 2:18pm

5. Policy Review and Development Guide- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Persons in Custodial Settings; U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections (2013)

   This guide is designed to raise the awareness of correctional administrators, medical and mental health staff, training coordinators, direct care staff, and policymakers to the rights and needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex individu ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 8/22/2020 2:54pm

6. Comments to the Department of Justice Proposed Standards, OAG – 131: National Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (April 2011)

   On April 4, 2011, the Center for HIV Law and Policy submitted these comments on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposed standards for the prevention, detection, and response to prison rape on behalf of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, HIV Preventio ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 2/13/2021 11:43am

7. Special Report: Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2008-09, Allen J. Beck, Paige M. Harrison and Paul Guerino, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (2010)

   The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report on sexual abuse of youth in juvenile corrections facilities confirms that sexual abuse occurs far more frequently against young adults than adult offenders, and that queer you ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 2/13/2021 1:23pm

8. Justice for All? A Report on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Youth in the New York Juvenile Justice System, Randi Feinstein, et al. (2001)

   This report chronicles the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) youth in the New York juvenile justice system. It discusses the overrepresentation of these youth in juvenile justice, and the underlying problems, such as stigma, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 2/13/2021 1:27pm