The South Central Correctional Center leaves LGBTQ people defenseless, so they’re organizing to fight for their safety.

In the United States, it is possible to be unhoused even inside a prison. At the South Central Correctional Center in Tennessee, people sleep in doorways, closets, or even in the showers. “Anywhere that’s pretty much off camera,” said Bishop, a man imprisoned in the facility who chose not to use his last name out of fear of retaliation. Atticus, another man in the prison…

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