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by danieltillett 1778 days ago
How about which jail cell you are placed in if arrested?
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That's a pretty narrow view of the purpose of an ID card...

If only there were other ways of knowing how to differentiate people when it's really necessary, you know, for medical or justified legal reasons.

Evidently of interest if you're someone like Jasmine Rose Jones.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/23/us/trans-women-incarcerat...

Easy peasy. They can determine that during the strip search.

A piece of paper strikes me as a less accurate method at this point in time.