Cruel & Unusual (2006)

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Posted on 26 February 2010 by admin

Cruel & Unusual (2006) Review

CRUEL & UNUSUAL
This award-winning documentary examines the realities faced by transgender women in men s prisons. Ashley, Linda, Anna, Yolanda and Ophelia describe their experiences including rape, violence, solitary confinement and denial of medial care. Their difficult and revealing stories challenge our most basic notions of gender and justice while raising an important question: Is their treatment indeed cruel and unusual a violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?

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"Cruel and unusual"

Transgender Prisoners

Let Amos

Alluvial Filmworks, has just published a remarkable documentary, which deals with male transgender prisons. I do not think it was saying too much attention, but let me that "Cruel and Unusual" one of the most interesting and fascinating films I've seen long time ago. Janet Baus, Dan Hunt, Reid Williams has taken on a subject that most of us know nothing and have done an incredible job ofthe matter to the public. The film is a thorough investigation of men transsexual women prisoners in the United States and the reality is sometimes even shocking. They talked about the treatment of transgender persons is a violation of their fundamental rights that the Constitution of the aid the United States. E 'disconcerting to see how these people treated by prison staff and judges. What is even worse than they are oftenforgotten, ignored in the prisoners and guards.
It is hard to imagine that a woman in a prison rights reserved. It seems that the American system of criminal justice inmates in prisons not on the basis of their sex organs condemns their sexual identity places. The five "women" in the film describe the treatment they received in prison and some of these experiences include rape, punishment, violence, isolation, and more than anything else, the denial of appropriate medical care. II found my views on transgender people and called for the reality of the story told by the respondents here had me look at the problem from a completely different way. E 'was only recently that I began to really understand the nature of this type, ie, and to see people have problems that these people have a real revelation. Perhaps I should add that the problems do not fight unnecessarily taxed at a group of people who have no possibility to challenge the system.
AlthoughCharacters are represented here, biologically male, after listening to their stories, it is very clear that men, because they have male sex organs. Otherwise, they are behaving women – how women think like women. However, they are held in an atmosphere that they can only do harm. It is easy to have the attitude that since they are criminals, we must not lose time with them. It is very important to remember that criminals are also human beings and of these women, "for" theirnext to the men in this film. Two of the respondents are self-mutilation – the removal of the testes and penis in her hand and it is shocking stories. The fact that they refused to hormone treatment during his detention – after she was involved with before he attempted suicide in prison, and other horrible things caused.
Women are more honest to admit their guilt for the crimes committed, and I agree that the sentence should serve butWhy is that care should be rejected? The American Psychiatric Society recognized gender identity disorder as a legitimate state. If so, why transgender denied the right to adequate medical care? A deeper problem is to consider what the prison is about issues such as this face. It is because these people ignore the reason behind bars, their needs and to violate human rights?
This moving and thoughtful look at the abuse,Isolation and inadequate medical care from the American detention facilities made available. I've learned how difficult it is to stand and in a situation where everyone else will be the same. The five women in this film is harder to break the heart. Their courage and their desire to be what they feel, they show us a new kind of hero.
Imagine what a non-citizen to protect the SU Then try to imagine behind bars as a person, would be gay. Compoundsthat with the idea that you are having trouble deciding what your gender. If you can do, then you have an idea how these people suffered. I feel like I really learned a lot from this movie and if nothing else, at least showed me to be in a completely different way different.

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A very big question…how do we solve this problem ? – M. Perry – latin link
Very exciting and well done. What is the solution to this dilemma …? I really do not know. I feel for those who have problems of women Identy, and I can not even see what it has to be there for them. To borrow a quote … "Nature thrives on diversity and shows why people do not?" I remember when I walked as quickly, the company my "condition" as a different and sick, this film provokes anger and conviction of my fellow "human" beings, which judge andthe other is violently different from "standard". Watch this video and be moved. See the movie and the problem alone.