Transgender Inmates
The Transgender Inmates section addresses the unique challenges and considerations involved in managing transgender individuals within the correctional system. This directory offers articles and resources on policies, healthcare, housing, and rights specific to transgender inmates. Understanding these issues is essential for ensuring the safety, dignity, and fair treatment of transgender individuals in custody. For more on inmate rights and management, explore our section on Inmate Healthcare and Rights.
The probe centers on whether female inmates face increased danger under current housing rules
The judge ruled that a “blanket ban on hormone therapy constitutes grossly inadequate care for gender dysphoria and risks imminent injury”
A settlement with Gender Justice requires Hennepin County jail staff training, use of chosen pronouns and housing based on gender identity
The ACLU of Illinois calls the ruling a “major victory”
The move makes New Jersey one of just a handful of states with detailed policies on housing and providing medical care to trans prisoners
Kyle Harris had been suspended pending an investigation since May 21
She had been the only person classified as “female” to be housed in a men’s facility anywhere in the state
Officials must provide “reasonably safe conditions of confinement and adequate medical care for all prisoners”
Lawyers for Ashley Diamond said she has experienced physical and mental trauma that has resulted in multiple attempts at suicide and self-castration
Senate Bill 258 would require officials to create regulations in the handling of transgender inmates, including providing “cultural competency” training for staff
Along with damages, the inmate is seeking to be transferred out of Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women
The lawsuit alleges multiple MDOC staff members ignored the inmate’s pleas for help, accused her of lying, and mocked and laughed at her
Ashley Diamond said officials have failed to protect her from repeated sexual assaults behind bars and failed to provide her with adequate medical treatment
The law applies only if the state does not have “management or security concerns”
More states have moved transgender women to women’s prisons on a case-by-case basis
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
A judge ruled an inmate can sue the state prison system over the end of her hormone therapy treatments
This is the first time a federal appeals court has affirmed a ruling ordering a state to provide gender-confirmation surgery to a transgender inmate
Unions argue the prison system doesn’t have clear policies for how staff should supervise transgender inmates
Vanessa Lynn Gibson asserted that sexual reassignment surgery is essential medical care and denying the surgery violates the Eighth Amendment
The inmate has been housed in a men’s facility for the last 17 months
Idaho is at the center of a national case over whether denying prison inmates gender reassignment surgery violates the U.S. Constitution
The state will appeal the decision
Deon “Strawberry” Hampton was battling the Illinois Department of Corrections over alleged abuse while she was incarcerated
ICE is considering opening a second permanent facility where transgender migrants can be detained amid the influx of Central Americans crossing the border
The decision for the inmate is believed to be a first in Oregon at a men’s prison
The inmate is believed to be the state’s only post-operative transgender prisoner
Officials argued that the inmate suing for gender confirmation surgery is too mentally unstable for the procedure
The inmate’s lawyers say she’s being penalized for reporting the abuse and harassment she’s suffered in prison
The inmate alleges they are denying her transitional care and housing her in a prison for men
The woman was moved to a different men’s prison where she’s confined to a single cell
The inmate’s lawyers have filed a lawsuit asking she be moved from a men’s prison to end alleged sexual assault and harassment
The woman is serving time at a men’s prison despite her repeated requests to transfer to at women’s prison
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- Lawsuit: Transgender inmate harassed in Baltimore men’s jail
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