When the state takes a person’s liberty, it assumes an obligation to protect them. For trans prisoners, that obligation is systematically voided. Justice has not merely been denied—it has been taken, cell by cell, night by night.
We need to talk about what happens when the gavel falls, the cell door closes, or the courtroom empties. Because for trans people—particularly trans women of color—the scales of justice are not balanced. They are tipped so far in the wrong direction that justice, in its truest sense, has been taken entirely. justice transtaken
Imagine walking into a courtroom where your very identity is on trial before a single piece of evidence is heard. When the state takes a person’s liberty, it
"Justice transtaken" is not an inevitable tragedy. It is a policy choice. It is the result of decades of legislative neglect, judicial bias, and carceral cruelty. We need to talk about what happens when