Transgender Inmates

Broome County Jail settles lawsuit with trans woman, agrees to new policies

Broome County Sheriff says the agreement establishes “clear LGBTI Guidelines, which were previously nonexistent”

Lawsuit: Transgender inmate harassed in Baltimore men's jail

After an assault, Maryland corrections officials placed Chelsea Gilliam in solitary confinement for months, according to the lawsuit

How a Texas county's sheriff's office found operational success with GUARDIAN RFID

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GUARDIAN RFID

Smith County Sheriff's Office passed its annual Texas State Jail Inspection for the first time since 2019 after partnering with GUARDIAN RFID

San Diego County sheriff rejects stricter rules for housing transgender people in jails

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Officials: Revision "would do nothing to redirect other agency arrestees, failing to ensure officers take arrestees to a facility that aligns with their gender identity"

Transgender woman drops suit against Ga. prison officials

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The woman sued over alleged mistreatment while in custody, but decided not to proceed the day before the trial was set to begin

Mo. becomes first state to execute a transgender woman

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Amber McLaughlin, 49, spoke with a spiritual advisor as she received a lethal injection of pentobarbital for killing Beverly Guenther in 2003

Mo. transgender inmate scheduled for execution Tuesday

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Amber McLaughlin's scheduled execution for murdering a former girlfriend will be the first of an openly transgender woman

Transgender corrections officers and religious freedom

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In a lawsuit, the plaintiff claimed that “strip searches by prison guards who were female at birth conflict with his religious faith, which bars him from exposing his body to a woman other than his wife.”

Former N.C. CO pleads guilty to sexually assaulting 20-year-old trans inmate

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Kyle Harris of Charlotte, N.C. pleaded guilty on Monday to two counts of sexual activity by a custodian

N.C. trans woman’s lawsuit against state prison can proceed, judge says

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She, and her lawyers with the ACLU, claim prison has failed to dispense Zayre-Brown’s prescribed hormones and has denied her request for surgical vaginoplasty

Wash. DOC aims to develop "robust gender-responsive program" in Women's Prison Division

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The study, called the Gender Informed Practices Assessment, takes a compressive systemic look at women's prison practices

Transgender inmates: Treating them fairly, keeping them safe

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In addition to the risk of depression and suicide, transgender people experience sexual violence, harassment and other adverse conditions at higher rates than the general population

Calif. sheriff's department to make landmark changes to its jails for LGBTQ inmates

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The changes would put the Orange County jail system ahead of other facilities statewide, a disability rights attorney said

DOC: 2 women at N.J. prison pregnant after consensual sex between inmates

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The state's policy does not require transgender inmates to undergo gender-reassignment surgery to be held in the facility

Justice Department reviewing policies on transgender inmates

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BOP's policies for transgender inmates were thrust into the spotlight this week after the 2017 Minnesota mosque bomber, who id's as trans, was sentenced