Nikita Dragun Arrested, Placed in Men's Unit of Florida Jail - Vulture

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The predetermination was not the lone depressing happening to hap successful Florida this week. On Monday, November 7, quality YouTuber and Hype House prima Nikita Dragun was arrested astatine the Goodtime Hotel successful Miami Beach, Florida, aft splashing h2o from a h2o vessel connected a constabulary officer. The constabulary were called to Dragun’s edifice country aft complaints of Dragun “walking astir the excavation country naked” and causing a disturbance erstwhile asked to stop, TMZ reported. She was arrested for “felony artillery connected a constabulary officer, misdemeanor disorderly conduct, and misdemeanor battery” and was taken to Miami-Dade County’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

On November 8, she appeared successful enslaved tribunal virtually, and a now-viral signaling of the proceedings revealed that Dragun, a trans woman, was confined successful the men’s portion of the correctional center. In her enslaved hearing, Dragun asked justice Mindy Glazer, “Do I person to enactment present successful the men’s unit, still?” to which Glazer responded, “Yeah, I don’t marque the rules up there.” Dragun posted a $5,000 enslaved and was released from jail. “The concern with Nikita, who is legally female, being placed successful a men’s portion of a Florida jailhouse is highly disturbing and dangerous,” her publicist Jack Ketsoyan said successful a connection to Miami’s Local 10 News. “This determination made by the Miami-Dade County Corrections Department straight violates their protocol, which mandates that transgender inmates are classified and housed based connected information needs and sex identity. Nikita has been released and is present safe. Thank you for respecting her privateness during this time.”

A typical for the Miami-Dade situation strategy released a connection to TMZ denying that Dragun was placed successful a men’s portion due to the fact that she was ne'er booked anterior to her release. “All inmates undergoing our intake process stay successful an unfastened seating (open booking) area, successful the beingness of correctional staff,” states the rep. “Additionally, inmate Dragun was placed successful a holding compartment by herself owed to her precocious illustration presumption earlier being released, and she was escorted by an LGBTQ serviceman during her clip astatine the corrections facility.”

Miami-Dade jails would person you judge that they are a safer spot for transgender and queer radical than Miami-Dade schools. “Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department (MDCR) is committed to protecting the rights of the transgender assemblage and of each LGBTQ people,” the rep writes. “MDCR has procedures successful spot for the due intake, housing, and aesculapian needs of transgender inmates, and we are committed to ensuring that each inmates successful our custody, including transgender persons, are treated appropriately passim our intake, classification and placement process.” Not definite if this is the slay the freaking carceral state thinks it is.

This is simply a processing story.