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Formerly incarcerated witness tells Corrections committee out-of-state placements and abuse shape gender-equity concerns in prisons
Summary
A formerly incarcerated Burlington resident told the House Corrections & Institutions Committee that out-of-state placements, staff misgendering and failures to report sexual assaults left her unsafe; she urged licensed professional vetting, oversight and training as lawmakers consider gender-equity provisions in HB 550.
A formerly incarcerated Burlington resident, who identified herself to the committee as Kalani Bragonye, told the House Corrections & Institutions Committee that her transfers to several out-of-state prisons and the treatment she received there shaped her view of proposed gender-equity rules in House Bill 550.
Kalani described a 25-to-40-year sentence and transfers under Vermont's out-of-state contracts and interstate compacts to facilities in Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Mississippi. She said Pennsylvania used an evaluation committee of mental-health professionals and granted her hormone-replacement therapy; in Mississippi, she…
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