Cruel and Unusual

After arrest, no matter the crime, countless transgender women are incarcerated in men's prisons across the United States. These transwomen are denied medical and psychological care as well as the hormone therapy that keeps their system regulated. While painfully struggling against sudden chemical deficiency, these women are often victims of heinous crimes committed by the general prison population and prison staff including assault, rape, and murder. CRUEL AND UNUSUAL is an often unsettling documentary that candidly presents the challenges and inhumane treatment faced by these women. For additional information about this film or to purchase the DVD, please visit www.outcast-films.com

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• trans
• sexual
• cruel
• gender
• prison
• unusual
• women
• incarceration
• criminal
• justice
• hormone
• treatments

[jnstewart15]

OMG This is what I want to do with my life!! This was so inspiring. I feel for transsexuals, they get treated so bad in the justice system.

[kitascars]

once your in prison you lose your rights.....but you should be getting medical care.....

[ricadrew]

The justice system when it comes to prison makes no sense at all. We send predators to prison and only end up teaching them to become better predators!

[prettiblackbuttafly]

This is TRULY sad. TRULY. Let it be known that i don't condone the practice of homosexuality or changing of the gender. I think that it IS wrong. Still, for ANY human to be persecuted because they feel that they are miserable within the body they were born in is MORE WRONG!!! They are still human. Still have feelings...and who are we as other humans to dictate what their fate should be? It's not our job to judge or punish others because they don't conform to our beliefs! What the hell's going on

[2blood4candy]

i ended up doing a paper on this... i can't believe we treat people like this :[

[ballscenefanatic]

@448819 thats old. zyolanda is outta jail

[Moo206]

who's the asshat in the redtie and blue shirt that doesn't know how to say transgender. " people who are trusjurjured are incarcerated predominantly because they are tresjurjured" lol some fuckin speech impediment. hahahaha

[448819]

I am suprised Yolanda is in jail... she was very popular in the ball room scene

[WhiteFlowerLei76]

This is just heartbreaking and horrible. Prison reflects very badly on society, it does not really solve anything, it just destroys the human spirit and makes damaged violent people even more destructive and dangerous. You cant torment and torture someone for a long period of time and assume that it will somehow solve something.

[seploud]

stupid people!, I think is better to be away from the rest of the prisoners, is safe. I wonder why they dont do this will ALL the prisoners?... is better. no fights.... no murders, no rape...

[polutc]

Lets analyze how black men get incarcerated, according to the national average.