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How are pre-op transsexuals divided in short-term holding areas after incarceration?

Unicorn on the cob — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:17:23 -0800

Where are pre-op transsexuals placed in short-term holding tanks when they are arrested? The men's area, or the women's? I would definitely prefer an answer from actual police enforcement officials, but if you happen to know, I've wondered this forever. I used to live in a shady neighborhood and there was a well-known transsexual person of the evening that got arrested at least six times in front of my building. My understanding from the local convenience store clerk was that she was pre-op, but had breast implants and obviously hormone treatments.

In smaller areas, I would imagine there is a sort of "hold-all" cell area where people get put to sober up, get picked up by their parents, that sort of thing. But I live in a larger town where you are definitely divided in the holding tank areas by gender.

So, cops/transsexual workers/whomever: When a pre-op person gets arrested (prostitute or not, but I'm especially interested in the prostitute side of things, considering there may be violence in the holding tank), where does that person get assigned? The women's holding tank, or the men's? Is a strip-search done beforehand? I pray to god I'm not offending anyone by asking this, it genuinely is a question that has plagued me with curiosity for years.

I would assume that if you are transgender and busted on a larger charge and convicted, therefore serving time, you'd be assigned to whichever prison you belong to based on the genitals that you still retain at the time. Please feel free to clarify this better for me, too. I have seen various documentaries on gender reassignment surgery in prison and know that is an option/possibility; I am more concerned with where people go in the 24-hour holding tank areas for short-term offenses.

Dude's going to the clink for 5 days. What to expect?

nomad73 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:36:04 -0800

What can someone expect when they go to jail for five days for a DUI? A person I know decided that he did not want to do over 200 hours of the community service to which he was sentenced for a 2nd DUI. Instead, he is opting for 5 days in jail. This is in a smallish (pop. ~200,000), somewhat economically challenged city in the eastern USA. I am just wondering, out of curiosity, what kind of experience can he expect while in the clink? He (stupidly, in my opinion) thinks it will be a cakewalk and he'll be out in about 24-48 hours. Anyone out there know what he might expect?

Therapist with patient in jail?

PostIronyIsNotaMyth — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:05:18 -0800

Any therapists out there? What would you say/do if a patient called you from jail claiming they were innocent? Basically, how do therapists respond when one of their patients has been incarcerated. Where does their commitment to the patient end? Would they get up in the middle of the night to rush down to the station or would the patient have to wait until morning?

Why the drop in incarceration for public order crimes?

painquale — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:43:18 -0800

According to these pages on the U.S. Bureau of Justice site, imprisonment for public order offenses suddenly fell by a third in 2002. Why?

I fought the law, and the...

cedar — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:05:54 -0800

How do I kill ninety-days in the hole? I find myself in the awkward position of spending ninety-days incarcerated. This is not a prison or felony type thing but rather a civil matter involving the charming legal term "contempt of court".

I'll be doing the time in a very rural and friendly county jail and my personal safety is not a concern. However, because the jail is so small there are absolutely no programs, outdoor exercise or other activities to keep me amused. Considering that the maximum capacity of this jail is six people (Hamilton County, NY) social interaction is bound to be limited.

Aside from endless rounds of pushups, reading and writing, what on Earth am I going to do to keep from going out of mind with boredom?

In the future, will we all be incarcerated?

cosmonaught — Sat, 05 Mar 2005 22:23:10 -0800

Sometime, say within the last 4 years, I read an editorial which answered the question of what accepted practice of our society would be viewed by future generations as morally reprehensible. The editorializer (who I believe was a person of some note) proposed incarceration as punishment for crime as an answer. Does anybody know who this was or where it appeared? I was thinking of it will reading this FPP, but can't remember where I read it. It was probably on the interweb, which means it was likely I caught it through a mefi post. Though it could also have been in something like the Atlantic or Harper's.

How does house arrest work?

Zed_Lopez — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:43:58 -0800

How does house arrest work? (more inside) Martha Stewart's sentencing includes five months of 'home confinement.'

How is that handled in the U.S.? How much does it vary from state to state? Is she literally forbidden from setting foot from the house? Is it, then, reserved for people rich enough to comfortably have everything delivered? Or are certain reasonable errands permitted, and how is that defined?