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Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
$5.9 Million Settlement in Death of Transgender Prisoner at New York’s Rikers Island by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2020, New York City agreed to settle a lawsuit over the death 15 months before of a Dominican-born transgender detainee who died of epileptic seizures while in segregation at …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Former Transgender Prisoner Fights for LGBTQ Rights in Massachusetts Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Angelina Resto filed suit against the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) in 2017, claiming discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. She won her case in 2018 and was the first transgender prisoner in …
Transgender Woman Who Says She Was Raped, Beaten, Sues Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center by A transgender woman who was housed with male prisoners at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. (MDC), sued the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) on the grounds that staff ignored her requests for safety, resulting …
Publication • June 23, 2020
The Death of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco, New York City Board of Correction, 2020 NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF CORRECTION1 The Death of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco 1991-2019 June 23, 2020 Authored by Kate McMahon, Deputy General Counsel. Special thanks and acknowledgment to all Board staff and others who assisted or advised …
Youngers v. MTC, NM, Complaint, Wrongful Death Trans Asylum Seeker, 2020 IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO Joleen K. Youngers, as the Personal Representative of the Wrongful Death Estate of Roxsana Hernandez, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Featherstone v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2020 IN TH£ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTH ERN DISTRICT OP lLLINOlS EASTERN DIVISION ) TYSHEE FEATHERSTONE, a/k/a TIMOTHY FEATHERSTON. I ) ) Plaintiff, ) No. 19 CV 7795 ) vs. ) Hoo. S. Coleman ) ) CITY OF …
Tate v. Wexford Health, IL, Settlement, Transgender Medical Rights, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# Official Case# 16-92 SD 16-CV-92 Institutions : Filed Received Tate, Carl #R12529 v. Wexford Health Source Inc., et al. 12/07 /15 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Case Name IDOC# Defendants: Date Served Status 2/29/16 Class Action …
Malcolm v. USA, NY, Complaint, Transgender Inmate Rape, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-01450-MKB-VMS Document 1 Filed 03/18/20 Page 1 of 10 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------X TAVOY MALCOLM, Plaintiff, -against- COMPLAINT Index No.: Jury Trial Demanded UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and JOHN/JANE DOES 1-15, …
Cochran v. Hinton, IL, Settlement, Transgender Medical Rights, 2020 t UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ROY RA YB URN COCHRAN, Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) ) V. MELVIN HINTON, et al., Defendants. Case No. 19-cv-02712 Honorable Judge Elaine E. Bucklo ) ) ) …
John Doe v. Arizona, AZ, Settlement, Gender Discrimination, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release (“Agreement”) between Andrew Lovitt (“Lovitt” or “Employee”) and the State of Arizona (the “State”), including the Arizona Department of Corrections (“the ADC”), is made as of the date this Agreement …
Monroe v. Meeks, IL, Memorandum and Order, Transgender Discrimination, 2019 Case 3:18-cv-00156-NJR Document 186 Filed 12/19/19 Page 1 of 39 Page ID #2320 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JANIAH MONROE, MARILYN MELENDEZ, EBONY STAMPS, LYDIA HELENA VISION, SORA KUYKENDALL, and SASHA REED, Plaintiffs, …
Monroe v. Meeks, IL, Preliminary Injunction, Transgender Discrimination, 2019 Case 3:18-cv-00156-NJR Document 187 Filed 12/19/19 Page 1 of 2 Page ID #2359 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JANIAH MONROE, MARILYN MELENDEZ, EBONY STAMPS, LYDIA HELENA VISION, SORA KUYKENDALL, and SASHA REED, Plaintiffs, v. …
Featherstone v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2019 Case: 1:19-cv-07795 Document #: 1 Filed: 11/26/19 Page 1 of 12 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION TYSHEE FEATHERSTONE, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, and CHICAGO POLICE SERGEANT, JAMES SAJDAK, #1058, Defendants. …
Cochran v. Hinton, IL, Complaint, Transgender Medical Rights, 2019 Case: 1:19-cv-02712 Document#: 23 Filed: 11118/19 Page 1 of 20 PagelD #:87 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ROY RAYBURN COCHRAN, JR., Plaintiff, V. MELVIN HINTON, J.B. PRITZKER, ROBERT JEFFERYS, STEVE MEEKS, Defendants. ) ) …
Doe v. NJ Dept of Corrections, NJ, Complaint, Transgender Discrimination, 2019 MER-L-001586-19 08/14/2019 3:11:11 PM Pg 1 of 46 Trans ID: LCV20191434199 Jeanne LoCicero (024052000) Tess Borden (260892018) Alexander Shalom (021162004) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION P.O. Box 32159 Newark, NJ 07102 (973) 854-1715 jlocicero@aclu-nj.org Robyn B. …
Wells v. Cascade County, MT, Demand Letter, Wrongful Death, 2019 2702 Montana Ave., Suite 201B P.O. Box 2359 Billings, MT 59103 Phone: (406) 969-3100 Email: colin@gerstnerlawoffice.com June 7, 2019 SENT VIA EMAIL Tanis Holm Counsel for Planned Parenthood of Montana THolm@yellowstonelaw.com Carrie Ann Haight Cascade County Attorney’s Office chaight@cascadecountymt.gov William …
Tay Tay v. Baldwin, IL, Complaint, Transgender Discrimination, 2019 Case 3:19-cv-00501 Document 1 Filed 05/14/19 Page 1 of 24 Page ID #1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ToYToY ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, V. ) Case No. ) JOHN BALDWIN, WARDEN JEFF DENNISON, …
More Legal Cases Involving Transgender Prisoners in Multiple States by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), about 34 percent of transgender people held in prisons or jails reported being subjected to at least one incident of sexual violence while incarcerated. That’s eight times …
New York: $100,000 to Settle Suit over Rape of Trans Prisoner Held in Men’s Prison by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a male-to-female transgender prisoner who was raped while housed …
National Center for Transgender Equality - LGBTQ People Behind Bars - A Guide to Understanding the Issues Facing Transgender Prisoners and Their Legal Rights, 2018 LGBTQ PEOPLE BEHIND BARS A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES FACING TRANSGENDER PRISONERS AND THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS National Center for TRANSGENDER EQUALITY This is a …
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