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Finding aid for the Coalition to Stop Institutional Violence Records
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Date: Unknown Topics: Mentally ill prisoners, Mentally ill women, Prison violence, Prisoners--Civil rights, Reformatories for women, Violence in women, Women prisoners Subject: Coalition to Stop Institutional Violence, Women's Educational Center Description: The records of the Coalition to Stop Institutional Violence document the group's formation and operation as an anti-violence grassroots organization, its work at various institutions including Brid... -
"Trapped" in Sing Sing: Transgender Prisoners Caught in the Gender Binarism
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Rosenblum, Darren Date: Sep. 19, 2002 Topics: AIDS phobia, Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Anti-transgender discrimination, Anti-transgender legislation, Anti-transgender violence, Attitudes of LGBTQ+ people toward police , Bathroom bans, BIPOC, Birth certificates, Castration, Cosmetics, Gender-affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Identification of LGBTQ+ people by police, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ sexual abuse, MtFs, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Post-operative, Prison reform, Prison violence, Queer transgender people, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transgender victims of rape, Transgender victims of sexual abuse, Transphobia Subject: Dee Farmer Description: An article about the mistreatment of trans people in prison, the barriers they face, and the law and terms surrounding it. Throughout the article, the author uses the metaphor of the miner and the ...