![Melania Brown, sister of Layleen Polanco, a trans woman who died in an isolated cell in Rikers Island jail complex, and Akeem Browder, brother of Kalief Browder, who was incarcerated in Rikers as a juvenile and died by suicide following his release, during a march to demand the end of solitary confinement in New York, Monday, June 7, 2021.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/AP21158628528162.jpg)
How Solitary Confinement Is Used as a Weapon Against Trans People How Solitary Confinement Is Used as a Weapon Against Trans People
Incarcerated trans people say they are put into solitary confinement at highly disproportionate rates—including after being sexually assaulted.
Jul 20, 2023 / Riley Roliff