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Due to them being in solitary confinement 70% of them have been diagnosed and 46% of them do not receive therapy. Most of the inmates don’t have access to any medications and if they do 30% of them are forced to take medication. That falls on the category of the abuse they suffer; their whole mental health is in danger and they don’t do anything about it.
The LGBTQ community that is in prison, are subjected to physical, mental and sexual abuse. From the abuse, they endure they end up with life time trauma and sometimes develop a mental illness. They are treated unfairly by the way they are sentenced, and the way they live in prison. They end up in solitary confinement sometimes just because they choose to live a certain way. This needs to be put to rest they deserve the same fairness that everyone else in prison should be treated. Even though it’s not a great place to be they deserve