Transgender offenders enter prison with a disproportionate amount of

Recent researches show that Transgender offenders do enter prison with different health issues, such as abusive use of substances, mental health problems, and past experiences on physical and sexual victimization. Abusive use of drugs can lead to different mental and physical illnesses, which can also cause negative effects to our lives.

manifest functions are the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern, while latent functions are those unrecognized and unintended consequences. to analyze the manifest functions of any social institution, we have to study its contribution to the continuation of a group, community, or society.