Unjust: How The Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT People

A.J. Ritchie

Among the many population groups that pay an especially high price for the failures of the U.S. criminal justice system are LGBT people, including LGBT people of color and low-income LGBT people. As this report makes clear, efforts to reform the criminal justice system must address the experiences of LGBT people, particularly LGBT people of color. The report documents how pervasive stigma and discrimination, discriminatory enforcement of laws, and discriminatory policing strategies mean that LGBT people are disproportionately likely to interact with law enforcement and enter the criminal justice system. It also shows how LGBT people are treated unfairly once they enter the justice system and are disproportionately likely to be incarcerated and face abuse once incarcerated. Lastly, the report focuses on how LGBT people face additional challenges in the struggle to rebuild their lives after experiences with law enforcement?and particularly time spent in a correctional facility. The report looks at three factors that increase the chances that an LGBT person will be stopped or arrested by police and pushed into the system.

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