Transgender inmates in jail, prison or juvenile detention face high rates of physical and sexual assault, according to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey. Almost a quarter of respondents reported being physically assaulted by staff or other inmates, and 1 in 5 said they were sexually assaulted. Transgender inmates were also more than five times as likely to be sexually assaulted by staff compared with the rest of the incarcerated population, and more than nine times as likely to be sexually assaulted by other inmates, the survey said.