There are number of issues which the
LGBTQ+ community faces when it comes criminal justice treatment.
Let us discuss them one by one
- Discriinaiton -
LGBTQ commmunity has to face
discrimination in prison cells and in other ostiauiotn This is
becuase of the prejudices and the discrimiantiory mindset
aossciated with the general hetrosexual popuplation . An example of
this is that in 2015 almost 30 percent of LGBTQ inmates were kept
in solitary confinements and other restricted housing as comered to
the 18 percent heterosexual inmates .
- Sexual assault and violence
- This is also a
common threat they face in prisons and other facilities . They are
more vulnerable than the hetrosexual populaiton
- Denial of HIV medication and care
- They are often
denied access to HIV medication and other health facilities
.
- Stigmatization and mental health issues
- Because of stimatix
edition of the community a perception has been developed towards
the community that they suffer from mental health issues which is
not the case . Similarly because of social exclusion and
discriminaiton the community faces a lot of stress which leads to
many mental health . disorders
- Lack of access to resourses
- LGBTQ cummunity has
lack of access to resources beauce of the negative attitude towards
them and they are often discriminated against when it comes to
resource distribution .
Corrections and courts
In the
correctional facilities also the community is discriminated against
and has to face violence which is three dimensional that is
physical , mental and sexual . Also when it comes to law and
criminal procedures they are treated on the basis of hetronormative
laws which are inefficient in their case and do not go according to
their gender . Similarly in courts sometimes the procedures gets
biased due to the stigma which is associated with them .