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Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
LGBTQ+ Detainees at Rikers Island Suffer Under Mayor Adams by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On June 8, 2023, the New York City Council passed legislation to ensure transgender, gender-nonconforming, non-binary and intersex (TGNCNBI) detainees and prisoners at city lockups are provided with services designed to make their reentry …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
California LGBTQ Pardon Initiative Falls Short by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) unveiled a plan to pardon LGBTQ Californians prosecuted for their sexual orientation, the program has exactly one living beneficiary: Henry Pachnowski, 83, whose 1967 lewd conduct conviction was pardoned in 2022. …
Article • December 27, 2022
Five High-Level Staffers Out of Michigan Prison After State Watchdog Uncovers Anti-Gay Harassment by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Michigan Office of the Executive Inspector General (OIG) released a 50-page report on December 5, 2022, detailing a culture of unprofessional and irresponsible behavior at the management level of …