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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Prison Rape

Change.org reports that standards for reducing prison rape are opposed by corrections officials because it's "too expensive." Think about that -- it's too expensive to prevent people under your control from being raped. And consider that the most vulnerable groups are youth and transpeople.

Too expensive.

Sign the petition.

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