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LGBT and gender nonconforming people continue to be overrepresented in the criminal justice system.[]Center for American Progress (CAP) and Movement Advancement Project (MAP), Unjust: How the Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT People (Washington, DC & Denver, CO: CAP & MAP, 2016), 3. They are especially vulnerable to hate crimes, targeting by law enforcement, mental illness, substance use disorders, and lack of access to health care.[]CAP and MAP, Unjust, iii-v.

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