Life behind bars for Thailand's transgender women
Thailand is working hard to pioneer a prison system meant to protect and validate LGBTQ inmates
Transgender women who have gone through sex change surgery sleep in a separate cell at the female zone of the Pattaya Remand Prison.
(EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT)More than 6,000 of Thailand's 300,000 incarcerated people are registered sexual minorities, the Associated Press reports. Of Pattaya Remand Prison's more than 4,000 inmat
A group of female transgender inmates prepare to enter their separate cell at the female zone of the Pattaya Remand Prison.
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Female transgender prisoners practice walking meditation with others female inmates.
(EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT)There are, however, some holes in the system: Transgender inmates who haven't had surgery must remain in the sector matching their biological sex, which means many transg
A transgender woman in the male zone of the Pattaya Remand Prison.
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Female transgender inmates wash prisoners' uniforms as part of their daily work in the male zone.
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Female transgender inmates chant before entering their separate cell at the female zone of the Pattaya Remand Prison.
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A female transgender inmate offers beauty services to other prisoners at a salon inside the female zone of the Pattaya Remand Prison.
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Female transgender inmates play volleyball at the male zone of the Pattaya Remand Prison.
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A group of female transgender inmates (right) learn embroidery with women prisoners as part of their job skills learning at the Pattaya Remand Prison.
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The male zone of the Pattaya Remand Prison.
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A female prison officer executes body checks on female transgender inmates before entering separate cells at the female zone of the Pattaya Remand Prison.
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A female transgender inmate drinks water at a separate cell in the female zone of the Pattaya Remand Prison.
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