Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women 2013, para. 59
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- With respect to women's prisons, and lesbians specifically, the expectation of many guards is that the prisoners should behave in a passive and submissive manner, with the assumption that since non-feminine behaviour landed them in prison, incarceration should "restore them to it". Those prisoners whom guards view as masculine or "butch" are subjected to increased levels of threats, harassment and physical abuse. In other cases, guards may respond with confrontation or retaliation when they interpret a female prisoner's masculinity as insubordinate and challenging to their authority. Due to strict requirements relating to dress, hair length, style and appearance, prisoners that are non-gender-conforming are subject to "forced feminization".
- Condicón jurídica
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Medio de adopción
- N.A.
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- LGBTQI+
- Women
- Año
- 2013
- Tipo de párrafo
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 59
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