High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in prisons often face additional challenges as inmates to those of straight, cisgender inmates. According to Just Detention International, 67% of all LGBT people report being assaulted while in prison, and LGBT inmates are "among the most vulnerable in the prison population." The vulnerability of incarcerated LGBT individuals has led some facilities to provide protective accommodation for such people, while in other facilities they are housed with the general population. While much of the available data on LGBT inmates comes from the United States, Amnesty International maintains records of known incidents internationally in which LGBT prisoners and those perceived to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender have suffered torture, ill-treatment and violence at the hands of fellow inmates as well as prison officials.

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