Esmeralda: A Transgender Detainee Speaks Out

I had the great pleasure of getting to know Esmerelda a number of years ago at a summit for survivors of sexual violence in prison. She is brilliant, brave, and inspiring. We must prioritize the abolition of the prison industrial complex as an essential part of queer/trans liberation. The violence of police, judges, immigration and customs enforcement, prison guards, and the other tools of this system is ever pervasive and destroying our collective humanity.