Transgender beauty influencer Nikita Dragun temporarily held in Miami men's jail - NPR

Social media influencer Nikita Dragun, seen present successful 2019, is legally female. She was temporarily placed successful the men's portion of a Miami jailhouse aft she was arrested for allegedly causing a disturbance and walking astir a edifice excavation naked. Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images hide caption

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Social media influencer Nikita Dragun, seen present successful 2019, is legally female. She was temporarily placed successful the men's portion of a Miami jailhouse aft she was arrested for allegedly causing a disturbance and walking astir a edifice excavation naked.

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Nikita Dragun, an influencer and contented creator, was arrested and held successful a men's portion of a Miami jailhouse this week, tribunal records show.

Dragun, who is simply a transgender woman, creates contented connected YouTube (her videos person good implicit 250 cardinal views) and Instagram (where she has 9 cardinal followers). She discusses her sex individuality openly and covers her manner and quality tricks successful her videos. She besides founded a constitution institution called Dragun Beauty.

Dragun was held successful a men's portion of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center successful Miami implicit an incidental this week. She's facing charges of misdemeanor disorderly behaviour and felony artillery of a instrumentality enforcement officer, tribunal records show. After being jailed for astatine slightest a day, she has since been released connected her ain recognizance, meaning she didn't person to wage bail.

Dragun was arrested aft allegedly causing a disturbance and walking astir The Goodtime Hotel excavation naked, according to Local 10 News. Hotel information unit reportedly told Dragun to stop, and she threw h2o astatine them. Police were called and arrived astatine her room, wherever information unit again told her to halt disturbing patrons astatine the edifice oregon she would person to leave. Dragun allegedly past threw an unfastened vessel astatine a information defender and constabulary officer, hitting them and covering them successful water.

Representatives for Dragun criticized however Miami constabulary handled her incarceration. They didn't remark specifically connected the charges she is facing.

"The concern with Nikita, who is legally female, being placed successful a men's portion of a Florida jailhouse is highly disturbing and dangerous," according to Jack Ketsoyan, a typical for Dragun with Full Scope Public Relations. "This determination made by the Miami-Dade County corrections section 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."

Dragun's apprehension and incarceration successful a men's portion are notable fixed her stature, but it's a common occurrence for galore trans individuals incarcerated successful the United States. In practice, galore corrections departments spot individuals successful facilities according to their assigned enactment astatine commencement oregon genitalia astatine the clip they were arrested. This is careless of probe showing that transgender inmates look greater hazard of battle and abuse.

This has been a occupation successful Miami previously. Three transgender radical filed a suit against Miami-Dade County for maltreatment they allegedly faced successful 2020 erstwhile they excessively were misgendered.

Dragun reportedly asked a justice during her proceeding whether she had to stay successful the men's unit.

"I don't marque the rules up there," the justice said, according to Local 10.

Dragun is acceptable to look successful tribunal again connected Dec. 7.