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Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.79,0:00:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well i think, in this time, more trans women are being incarcerated
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.65,0:00:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than ever is because
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.12,0:00:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though there are a lot of resources available today,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.47,0:00:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we still face a lot of discrimination,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.23,0:00:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of us lose hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.97,0:00:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that leads to prostitution, and more than likely you'll end up going to jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.17,0:00:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people are in prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.33,0:00:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because they've committed crimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.21,0:00:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because they're poor
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.33,0:00:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they dont have money for good attorneys
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.58,0:00:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and public defenders are over worked, under payed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.15,0:00:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they sort of dont know the plight of the under served and the under privileged
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.56,0:00:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they also come with a whole nother,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.69,0:01:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with their own set of values.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.07,0:01:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Years ago, back in the '80's,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.50,0:01:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when trannies were growin' up and coming of age,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.08,0:01:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was no place for us in society,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.16,0:01:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were kind of put out on the fringes of society.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.18,0:01:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were allowed by society to be the hookers late at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.25,0:01:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do little petty crimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.35,0:01:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be little petty drug dealers,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.52,0:01:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we were never allowed to be in somebody's business,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.19,0:01:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to represent their business standing at the counter,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.06,0:01:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the real safe place for us was out there on the streets,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.20,0:01:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the little underworld or whatever you wanna call it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.60,0:01:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being petty criminals and coming in and out of jails and stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.70,0:01:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And um, i did, i've done a 9 year term, and a 13 year term,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.65,0:01:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to back in prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.78,0:01:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind growing up out there on the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.73,0:01:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ive had maybe 100 prostitution cases,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.05,0:02:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,um, drug and other offenses,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.32,0:02:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when you go to court, they shackle you to each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.79,0:02:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, um, when you go inside courtroom, a public defender's appointed to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.43,0:02:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you dont get to say anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.54,0:02:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they do all the talking,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.60,0:02:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, the public defender does talk to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.51,0:02:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asks you about your case,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.01,0:02:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you never get to talk the case in court.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.34,0:02:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he just gets to talk for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.29,0:02:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so whatever sentence the judge gives you, you have to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.37,0:02:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They called me a thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.72,0:02:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, i had to sleep on the floor for a week,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.89,0:02:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had no transgender cells.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.49,0:02:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first day, i had to suck 65 guys off,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.47,0:02:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, or get my ass kicked,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.82,0:02:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i was sexually assaulted by the guards, and then the guards tried to charge me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.63,0:02:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for, by saying i was a homosexual, and charged me for indecent exposure.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.51,0:02:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And i basically had to fight every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.11,0:02:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have no justice in here,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.01,0:03:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,um, we have to do, basically, what either a guard tells us or one of the inmates,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.16,0:03:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there{\u1}_{\u0} our lives can be spared, and not be shamed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.46,0:03:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All i want to say is that prison is like the worst experience anybody can go through.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.54,0:03:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People get sent here becuase they're poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.29,0:03:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they cant get jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.46,0:03:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they dont have anything else going for them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.46,0:03:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're different,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.100,0:03:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they dont have an education,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.67,0:03:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people in the mainstream society dont want to deal with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.70,0:03:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thats why they're growing, by leaps and bounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.03,0:03:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and theyre gonna continue to grow until things change.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.38,0:03:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The criminal system
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.81,0:03:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really set in place to have people come and to be in a revolving door,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.29,0:03:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come in, and to go out, to come in, and to go out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.32,0:03:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it becomes this sort of vicious circle,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.06,0:03:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cuz once youve been to prison you cant get a job,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.39,0:03:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you cant get a job you do have to eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.13,0:03:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so people are gonna eat and stay off the street,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.17,0:03:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so you commit a crime because you couldnt get a job because youre an ex con,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.77,0:03:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then youre back in prison...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.34,0:04:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, before you know it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.88,0:04:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your life's over, and thats what your life has been.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.11,0:04:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Constant in and out of prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.43,0:04:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well both my tranny friends, when they go to prison, and they get out, they do the shelters.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.49,0:04:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, when i left, and got my housing, and then i lost my housing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.43,0:04:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i went back to the shelter, and all my friends were back in jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.80,0:04:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So i dont know __a parole violation, or probation violation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.47,0:04:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it just, its real scary not to see em anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.58,0:04:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i know that if i ever went to prison
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.81,0:04:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i would be torn because i would be very scared that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.05,0:04:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i wouldnt be able to get my hormones and my medications that i need,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.79,0:04:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, that keep me healthy, and keep me growing as a woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.92,0:04:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where i was from,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.69,0:04:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had a half a hose like from the fire department,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.64,0:04:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would hose you down,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.50,0:05:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would strip your clothes off of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.43,0:05:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would check your rectum, to make sure there was nothing in your rectum,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.17,0:05:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also lift up your balls.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.51,0:05:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would rape, call you names, beat you with a billyclub,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.64,0:05:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i was arrested twice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.01,0:05:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they made me like the "house wife" of the cell,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.18,0:05:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so i had to do the cores, i had to clean up, i had to wash uniforms,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.69,0:05:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ihad to be the "house lady",
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.19,0:05:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was real intimidating.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.46,0:05:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They perpetrate stereotypes, and report only negative news.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.07,0:05:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very rarely do you see positive stories from inner cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.77,0:05:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example various people rising up from their beginnings.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.24,0:05:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They always report on gangs, and murders, and various crimes that go on,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.34,0:05:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very rarely do you ever see a positive report
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.35,0:05:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's all this negative news,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.46,0:05:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because negative news sells
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.13,0:05:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prison is just part of a larger endemic problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.09,0:05:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's corporate, we gotta keep people employed,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.29,0:06:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've gotta keep prison guards employed,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.06,0:06:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sherrifs employed, and cooks in prison, and medical help in prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.50,0:06:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people that build prisons and construction companies,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.10,0:06:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,theyre all part of this whole industrial complex,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.01,0:06:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that perpetuates that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.51,0:06:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, prisons are a big business, people are making billions of dollars off of prisons.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.61,0:06:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes millions to build them and theyre making billions of dollars off of prisons.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.82,0:06:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think its deplorable.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.60,0:06:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once upon a time when i was younger,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.90,0:06:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,schools used to be the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.66,0:06:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know, times went on and people started debunking schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.37,0:06:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doing what they want to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.77,0:06:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting in trouble,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.30,0:06:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now they say that jail is the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.37,0:06:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but i dont think that jail is the answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.37,0:06:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we need is good psychological help for people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.48,0:06:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we wont have as many prison systems,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.18,0:06:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,therefore, we can fund more schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.16,0:07:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because im sick and tired of seeing so many of my trans sisters being incarcerated
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.86,0:07:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over something that couldve been prevented,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.43,0:07:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i would like to make a change.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.90,0:07:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thats why im in school,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.30,0:07:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,im taking care of my business, and im doing what i can do in this society.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.18,0:07:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So i just felt that i had a response to her answer to the question,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.18,0:07:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i think the transformation of the individual level that way
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.95,0:07:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really has such a powerful rippling effect,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.72,0:07:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because i think energetically,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.62,0:07:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, theres a really big impact on the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.52,0:07:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all around her,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.33,0:07:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just redirects that negative energy, you know, from stressful conditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.100,0:07:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know, the disparities,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.73,0:07:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, in another direction thats productive,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.34,0:07:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thats positive, thats not not contributing to the prison system.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.54,0:08:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i dont think that people in general are safer with more prisons.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.79,0:08:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i think the status quo is safer with more prisons
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.75,0:08:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they create scare tactics
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.09,0:08:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which they say that "oh theres an epidemic of black people running amok
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.83,0:08:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or people of colour running amok",
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.83,0:08:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they scare the nation, the united states of america,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.97,0:08:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on television, saying that uh we cant stand it no more,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.97,0:08:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're gonna start lootin', and, as if thats our thats our M.O., our stereotype, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.14,0:08:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi! My name is Miss Billie Cooper,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.11,0:08:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and im a proud member of TGIJustice,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.52,0:08:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i oppose prisons.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.84,0:08:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My names Patti, im a proud member of TGIJustice,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.10,0:08:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i oppose prisons.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.08,0:08:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, my name is Bo-Derek and im a part of TGIJustice,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.04,0:08:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it stands for Transgender, Intersex Justice Project,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.47,0:09:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we oppose prisons.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.44,0:09:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Broderick, im a proud member of TGIJustice,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.48,0:09:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i oppose prisons.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.15,0:09:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, my name is Kiki Robinson, and i am a proud member of TGIJustice project,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.78,0:09:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i oppose prisons.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.46,0:09:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, my name is Lyn Johnson Rawles,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.48,0:09:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i am proud to be a member of TGIJustice,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.40,0:09:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and im opposed to prisons.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.31,0:09:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, im Trisha, and i am a proud member of TGIJustice project,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.98,0:09:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and im very opposed to prisons.