In the fall of 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act. It requires California prison staff to use the chosen pronouns of incarcerated people who are intersex or identify as nonbinary or transgender. It allows those people to select a gender preference and mandates that prison officials honor requests to be housed at the type of facility that aligns with the person’s gender identity. However, bias and marginalization still lead to high rates of criminalization. It’s not uncommon for trans women to harm themselves — just to get to the safety of a prison mental health bed. The Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act was meant to put an end to the nightmares, but the year-long investigation by reporters from California's KQED Magazine indicates otherwise. #Trans Rights