Literature regarding trans and gender diverse (TGD) prisoners' experiences of prison
custody is limited. Reviewing international literature enables a better understanding of these …

In the United States, sexual and gender minority populations are known to experience both
higher rates of incarceration and more harmful experiences while incarcerated. However …

Since December 2017, Canada's federal correctional system provides prisoners the
opportunity to be assigned to living units according to their self-identified gender. Still …

Empirical research on Canadian correctional workers' successes, challenges, and attitudes
towards accommodating gender diversity remains limited. Drawing on data garnered from …

Executive Summary Background: In recent years, Canada has seen significant law reforms
aimed at enhancing the legal protection and recognition of trans, Two-Spirit, and non-binary …

Canada's binary prison system is a product of prison reforms that aimed to be attentive to
what has been presumed to be innate differences between men and women. More recently …

This article examines Brazil's project of incarceration through the figure of evasion (evasão)—
the act of escaping prison custody, often temporarily. Evasion traces a path across the …

Abstract Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC), trans and queer people, people
with disabilities, migrants, sex workers, and other multiply-marginalized people face …

This chapter contextualises recent Canadian trans correctional policy developments within
the country's broader trajectory of “women-centred” prison reforms. I show that the …

The Canadian correctional system is divided into two levels–federal, and provincial and
territorial. Federal prisons house individuals that receive a sentence of two years or longer …