LGBTI+ in Prison theme has the goal of minimizing the problems faced by individuals who get discriminated and their rights violated due to sexual orientation and gender identity, resolving their demands in an alternative manner by putting their needs and demands on the forefront, informing and diverting about different issues such as gender reassignment process and use of hormones, being in solidarity with LGBTI+ prisoners and earning achievements through campaigns.
This field of work keeps track of LGBTI+ prisoners’ situation through correspondence, hotline and lawyers, monitors and rapports based on rights and do advocacy.
Civil Society in Penal System Association(CİSST) constituted a platform that includes different non-governmental organizations and name LGBTI+ in Prison Network with a goal to bring the problems of LGBTI+ into the view, announce the violations they experience and catch the attention of the public institutions in regards to these. LGBTI+ in Prison Network publishes news related to the issue, up to date data and the demands relayed to associations by prisoners. Every year network members(scholars, students, activists) come together to prepare a course of action by discussing the current situation of LGBTI+ prisoners.
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