this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2026
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The Bureau of Prisons is subjecting trans people to conversion therapy and denying them care with the goal of helping them "recover." It's trying to prove dangerous conversion practices can work.

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[–] florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

3 people out of thousands de transition in an attempt to preserve sanity in the torture house

Transphobes: see, there's a chance!

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 30 points 20 hours ago

I think they see suicide rates and that's what they're hoping for with policies like this.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 38 points 22 hours ago

Literal Nazis in all but name.

[–] GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world 17 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I had to verify this one for myself... It's true.

Why not link to the .gov domain though?

https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5260_001.pdf

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

What is the advantage? The article explains the context much better than the PDF and contains a link to the document in the first paragraph.

If I see a link to a copy of the document, it makes me doubt the validity of the information. If I don't have the time or energy to verify it, I'll just disregard it and move on. But if I see an "original" copy linked, it's a lot easier for me to trust and verify.