Clips — Dr. Christy Perez https://uncagedcritique.com Doctor of theological & historical studies, award-winning journalist, Emory University FIT clinic advisor, Solutions Not Punishment Collective development coach Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:15:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://uncagedcritique.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cropped-favicon2-32x32.png Clips — Dr. Christy Perez https://uncagedcritique.com 32 32 test https://uncagedcritique.com/writing/test/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:15:28 +0000 http://uncagedcritique.com/?post_type=clips&p=262 DEA Cleared to Make Immigration Arrests as Mass Deportations Begin https://uncagedcritique.com/writing/dea-cleared-to-make-immigration-arrests-as-mass-deportations-begin/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:41:50 +0000 https://uncagedcritique.com/?post_type=clips&p=234 On January 23, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman authorized several Justice Department agencies to arrest people suspected of entering the country without documentation.

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]]> On January 23, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman authorized several Justice Department agencies to arrest people suspected of entering the country without documentation.

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]]> Trump Takes Aim at Trans Women in Prison https://uncagedcritique.com/writing/trump-takes-aim-at-trans-women-in-prison/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:41:08 +0000 https://uncagedcritique.com/?post_type=clips&p=233 On January 20, President Donald Trump unveiled an executive order titled “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” It contains two directives for the United States Attorney General pertaining to the rights of transgender people while incarcerated.

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]]> On January 20, President Donald Trump unveiled an executive order titled “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” It contains two directives for the United States Attorney General pertaining to the rights of transgender people while incarcerated.

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]]> I’ve Always Been Incarcerated With Men. I Never Felt Safe Until This Time. https://uncagedcritique.com/writing/ive-always-been-incarcerated-with-men-i-never-felt-safe-until-this-time/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:38:53 +0000 https://uncagedcritique.com/?post_type=clips&p=232 In the year between paroling out of Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody and being thrown into county jail for a technical violation, I obtained several of the gender-affirming procedures and treatments I was denied access to while in prison. Breast augmentation, lip filler, body contouring, etc.

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]]> In the year between paroling out of Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody and being thrown into county jail for a technical violation, I obtained several of the gender-affirming procedures and treatments I was denied access to while in prison. Breast augmentation, lip filler, body contouring, etc.

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]]> Georgia’s Jails Are Less Violent Than Its Prisons. That Comes at Other Costs. https://uncagedcritique.com/writing/georgias-jails-are-less-violent-than-its-prisons-that-comes-at-other-costs/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:37:53 +0000 https://uncagedcritique.com/?post_type=clips&p=231 Six weeks after the United States Department of Justice published the findings of its investigation into Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons, it published a similar report on its investigation into Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail. Fulton County is notoriously rife with violence and sexual assault, reminiscent of the GDC facilities where I spent most of […]

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]]> Six weeks after the United States Department of Justice published the findings of its investigation into Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons, it published a similar report on its investigation into Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail. Fulton County is notoriously rife with violence and sexual assault, reminiscent of the GDC facilities where I spent most of the past 14 years.

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]]> How Tablets Changed Georgia Prisons, More Than GDC Intended https://uncagedcritique.com/writing/how-tablets-changed-georgia-prisons-more-than-gdc-intended/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:36:53 +0000 https://uncagedcritique.com/?post_type=clips&p=230 In 2015, when I was about three years into a 14-year prison sentence, the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) started rolling out the first JPay tablets. The JP5s look more or less like clunky versions of what people in the free world probably picture when they think of tablets, but any resemblance is superficial.

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]]> In 2015, when I was about three years into a 14-year prison sentence, the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) started rolling out the first JPay tablets. The JP5s look more or less like clunky versions of what people in the free world probably picture when they think of tablets, but any resemblance is superficial.

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]]> Georgia Probation Is an Alternative to Something, But Not Jail https://uncagedcritique.com/writing/georgia-probation-is-an-alternative-to-something-but-not-jail/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:35:54 +0000 https://uncagedcritique.com/?post_type=clips&p=229 Just about everyone who makes it out of Georgia’s prisons has to serve time on probation. The norm for felony convictions in the state is a “split sentence,” where the time you spend in prison is only the first phase of your punishment. Christy, for example, will complete her 14-year prison sentence in early 2025, […]

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]]> Just about everyone who makes it out of Georgia’s prisons has to serve time on probation. The norm for felony convictions in the state is a “split sentence,” where the time you spend in prison is only the first phase of your punishment. Christy, for example, will complete her 14-year prison sentence in early 2025, upon which she’ll begin serving her 16 years on probation.

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]]> Confronting GA’s Practice of Housing Trans Women in Men’s Prisons https://uncagedcritique.com/writing/confronting-gas-practice-of-housing-trans-women-in-mens-prisons/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:34:22 +0000 https://uncagedcritique.com/?post_type=clips&p=228 One of the first things that happens upon entry into the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) men’s prison system is a group delousing. After a couple of hours shackled on the transport bus, prisoners arriving at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (Jackson) are taken to a shower room, told to strip, and collectively sprayed down […]

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]]> One of the first things that happens upon entry into the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) men’s prison system is a group delousing. After a couple of hours shackled on the transport bus, prisoners arriving at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (Jackson) are taken to a shower room, told to strip, and collectively sprayed down with disinfectant.

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]]> No Time for Anti-Vaxxers: Black Women Disproportionately Dying from HPV https://uncagedcritique.com/writing/no-time-for-anti-vaxxers-black-women-disproportionately-dying-from-hpv/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:33:20 +0000 https://uncagedcritique.com/?post_type=clips&p=227 Human Papillomavirus Virus (HPV) is still a promiscuity joke in some circles, despite the fact Black women suffer the highest mortality rate from the cervical cancer it causes. In fact, studies show Black women are almost twice as likely to die from cervical cancer compared to their white counterparts.

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]]> Human Papillomavirus Virus (HPV) is still a promiscuity joke in some circles, despite the fact Black women suffer the highest mortality rate from the cervical cancer it causes. In fact, studies show Black women are almost twice as likely to die from cervical cancer compared to their white counterparts.

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]]> Nothing Sums Up the Sex Offender Registry Quite Like Halloween https://uncagedcritique.com/writing/nothing-sums-up-the-sex-offender-registry-quite-like-halloween/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:01:36 +0000 https://uncagedcritique.com/?post_type=clips&p=226 Since 2008, people on sex offender registries in Missouri have been required to post a sign at their home each year on October 31: No candy or treats at this residence. In a ruling issued October 2, a federal judge found the signs unconstitutional because they’re a form of “compelled speech”—when the state forces you […]

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]]> Since 2008, people on sex offender registries in Missouri have been required to post a sign at their home each year on October 31: No candy or treats at this residence. In a ruling issued October 2, a federal judge found the signs unconstitutional because they’re a form of “compelled speech”—when the state forces you to express a viewpoint you don’t agree with.

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