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[–]MarkTwainiac 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

In the US, transgenders (according to various studies) have a 19-65% lifetime incarceration rate,

I think the "transgender" incarceration rates you are citing refer mainly/solely to males who ID as "trans," not to all "transgenders."

The rate of incarceration for black transgender women is almost twenty times that of the general population, with one in ten black transgender women having spent time behind bars over the past year.

https://www.vera.org/projects/advancing-transgender-justice/learn-more

Trans Equality says that that in the US, 47% of black "transgender women" and 30% of American Indian "transgender women" surveyed have been to prison/jail "for any reason." I've seen other pro-trans groups claiming that 65% of black TIMs have served time behind bars. Combing all races and ethnicities, Trans Equality says

Twenty-one percent (21%) of male-to-female transgender respondents reported having been sent to jail for any reason, in contrast with 10% of female-to-male respondents.

These statistics exceed those of the general population for prisons,in some cases by many times.

A 2003 report of the Department of Justice shows that 2.7% of the general American population is imprisoned at some point in life. However, the Department of Justice report does not include jails, so the general population rate for being held in jail or prison should be higher than the simple prison rate.

Despite this difference, the Department of Justice data provides a useful benchmark. Their data reported an overall rate for males of 4.9%, and for females, 0.5%. They provide only limited racial/ethnic data.

https://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/resources/NTDS_Report.pdf#page=169