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.
After an assault, Maryland corrections officials placed Chelsea Gilliam in solitary confinement for months, according to the lawsuit
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”
The woman sued over alleged mistreatment while in custody, but decided not to proceed the day before the trial was set to begin
Brown will decide whether 51-year-old Michelle-Lael Norsworthy should be released 30 years after she fatally shot 26-year-old Franklin Gordon Liefer Jr.
Report alleges that her cellmate sexually assaulted her on June 10
State prison officials may be violating a transgender California inmate’s rights by denying her sex reassignment surgery
The inmate allegedly was the victim of a sexual assault while being held in the county jail
Court ruled that a transgender girl’s rights were violated when she was transferred from the state’s child welfare agency to a state prison
A transgender Oklahoma City woman said she felt “stripped of all dignity,” accusing Oklahoma City jail staff and inmates of ridiculing her following her arrest May 20 for speeding with a suspended license and no insurance
Federal appeals court delayed the surgery that had been set for July 1
Ashley Diamond filed a lawsuit against the DOC, accusing other inmates and prison staff of assaulting and mistreating her
Michelle Kosilek has been in a 13-year dispute with the MDOC over her medical care
Judge ruled against ordering more protection for a transgender prisoner but told prison officials the court is watching the prisoner’s treatment
Inmate filed an emergency motion to be moved from the prison to avoid sexual assault
New policy says a mental and physical treatment plan will be developed for inmates with gender dysphoria
Ashley Diamond filed a federal lawsuit in February claiming prison officials were not allowing her to receive hormone treatments
Elton John and Michael Stipe are calling for the equal rights of transgender inmatesfollowing claims that a transgender woman was mistreated at a Georgia prison
The department stated its position in a court filing in the case of Ashley Diamond, a transgender woman
Lawyers for a transgender inmate convicted of murder asked the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to overturn a ruling denying her request for sex-reassignment surgery
Ashley Diamond is seeking a court order requiring prison officials to provide her with treatments for her disorder, among other demands
How prison doctors and officials responded is now the subject of a protracted legal battle that raises provocative questions
Woman had not threatened anyone, but someone complained that she was being “disruptive by talking about her status”
Divided appeals court overturned ruling ordering Massachusetts prison officials to provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery for an inmate convicted of murder
Says she was repeatedly threatened, forced into sexual encounters and physically assaulted
Civil liberties and children’s rights advocates have been highly critical of her confinement
Would cost taxpayers $2.6M yearly
Supporters say she remains in isolation to the detriment of her mental health
Massachusetts prison officials on Thursday made another push to overturn a court ruling that would force them to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation to a murder convict with gender-identity disorder
Michelle Kosilek, then known as Robert Kosilek, was convicted of killing spouse Cheryl Kosilek in 1990
Inmate Whitney Lee had undergone continuous hormone therapy since 1999 until the correction department abruptly halted the treatments in 2012
A hearing is continuing into a second day over a lawsuit by a transgender prisoninmate who wants a judge to order Ohio authorities to allow her hormone treatments to continue permanently
A transgender prison inmate in Ohio wants a federal judge to order the state to allow her hormone treatments to continue, saying she suffered a medical setback including facial hair growth and depression when the treatments stopped
Advocates and officials with the Department of Children and Families are starting to talk privately about getting the 16-year-old out of prison and crafting a suitable treatment program
