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.
Amber McLaughlin, 49, spoke with a spiritual advisor as she received a lethal injection of pentobarbital for killing Beverly Guenther in 2003
Amber McLaughlin’s scheduled execution for murdering a former girlfriend will be the first of an openly transgender woman
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.”
The state Department of Correction said it will request a hearing by the full 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Michelle Kosilek
Harris County Jail in Houston is one of many nationwide implementing changes to the way it treats its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender population
Judge: Receiving medically necessary treatment is a constitutional right that must be protected “even if that treatment strikes some as odd or unorthodox”
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