Earlier this year a woman was held for two days in a men's jail where officials mistook her for a man. Their mistake came to light when she was required to submit to a body cavity search, a routine procedure when processing male prisoners, according to the D.C. Department of Corrections.

The woman, Virginia Grace, was referred to as a male in every document received by the jail and one wonders why she hadn't said anything about the mistake. Could it be something to do with the reason for her imprisonment - Grace was charged with drug possession and failure to appear in court for a sexual solicitation charge. Perhaps being incarcerated with males provided an extra source of income.

Washington Post