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$80,000 Settlement in CDC Transsexual Suit
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2001, page 22
In August 2000, the State of California settled a claim from a transsexual former prisoner that her need for hormone therapy was ignored while incarcerated by agreeing to pay her $80,000.
Filed under:
Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's,
Costs,
Transgender,
Transgender Medical Procedures.
Location:
California.
Torey Tuesday South, 40, began her trek through the California penal system when she entered San Quentin Prison in ...
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