Posts Tagged ‘Sangye Rinchen’
Social Justice Advocate Interviews Transgender Federal Inmate about Abhorrent Healthcare
Sangye Rinchen and Christopher Zoukis PETERSBURG, Va., Oct. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Social justice advocate, author, and inmate, Christopher Zoukis, recently met with Sangye Rinchen, a transgender federal prison inmate incarcerated for bank robbery at FCI Petersburg – a medium-security federal prison in Petersburg, Virginia. What he learned was frightening. Since 2012, Rinchen has tried…
Read MoreOne Incarcerated, Transgender Buddhist’s Experience With Medical Care in Federal Prison
By Christopher Zoukis While the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons has done a great job of promoting itself as the global leader in the humane treatment of prisoners, the reality is that the BOP is now operating at 143 percent of capacity, and its ability to deliver services to the 215,470 men, women, and…
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