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Where do incarcerated trans women prefer to be housed and why? Adding nuanced understandings to a complex debate through the voices of formerly incarcerated trans women in Australia and the United States
International Journal of Transgender Health, Vol.25(2), pp.167-186
2024
PMID: 38681496
Abstract
Background
Incarcerated trans women experience significant victimization, mistreatment, barriers to gender-affirming care, and human rights violations, conferring high risk for trauma, psychological distress, self-harm, and suicide. Across the globe, most carceral settings are segregated by sex assigned at birth and governed by housing policies that restrict gender expression—elevating ‘safety and security’ above the housing preferences of incarcerated people.
Aim/methods
Drawing upon the lived experiences of 24 formerly incarcerated trans women in Australia and the United States and employing Elizabeth Freeman’s notion of chrononormativity, Rae Rosenberg’s concept of heteronormative time, and Kadji Amin’s use of queer temporality, this paper explores trans women’s carceral housing preferences and contextual experiences, including how housing preferences challenge governing chrononormative and reformist carceral housing systems.
Findings
Participants freely discussed their perspectives regarding housing options which through thematic analysis generated four options for housing: 1) men’s carceral settings; 2) women’s carceral settings; 3) trans- and gay-specific housing blocks; and 4) being housed in protective custody or other settings. There appeared to be a relationship between the number of times the person had been incarcerated, the duration of their incarceration, and where they preferred to be housed.
Conclusions
This analysis contributes to richer understandings regarding trans women’s experiences while incarcerated. This paper also informs the complexities and nuances surrounding housing preferences from the perspectives of trans women themselves and considers possible opportunities to enhance human rights, health and wellbeing when engaging in transformative approaches to incarceration.
Details
- Title
- Where do incarcerated trans women prefer to be housed and why? Adding nuanced understandings to a complex debate through the voices of formerly incarcerated trans women in Australia and the United States
- Authors
- Annette Bromdal (Corresponding Author) - University of Southern QueenslandTait Sanders - University of Southern QueenslandMelinda Stanners - University of Southern QueenslandCarol du Plessis - University of Southern QueenslandJessica Gildersleeve - University of Southern QueenslandAmy B. Mullens - University of Southern QueenslandTania M. Phillips - University of Southern QueenslandJoseph Debattista - Metro North Health (Australia)Kirstie Daken - University of Southern QueenslandKirsty A. Clark - Vanderbilt UniversityJaclyn M. W. Hughto - Brown University
- Publication details
- International Journal of Transgender Health, Vol.25(2), pp.167-186
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc.
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1080/26895269.2023.2280167
- ISSN
- 2689-5277; 2689-5269
- PMID
- 38681496
- Copyright note
- © 2023 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
- Grant note
- This work was supported by the HIV Foundation Queensland with the first author as the lead investigator [Project ID 2017-20, 2017] and the Yale Fund for Gay and Lesbian Studies with the last author as the lead investigator [2015]. This work was also supported by the University of Southern Queensland through an Internal Research Capacity Grant with the first author as the lead investigator [Project ID 1007573, 2020].
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Psychology
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991201542502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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