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Advocates say Utah jails and prisons need to adapt to better treat transgender people and other marginalized populations who may come through their doors

Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune l-r Lesley Shaw and Psarah Johnson say they experienced inappropriate behavior by Davis County officers after their July 12, 2018 arrest at Management and Training Corporation for suspicion of trespassing, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest during a protest of the MTC's operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers in California, New Mexico and Texas. For Shaw, who is transgender, it was an invasive line of questioning into their transitioning and was asked to expose their chest and back tattoos for photographs, something not asked of the other seven who were arrested. For Johnson, it was how she said the system is inept at dealing with people in wheelchairs.