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Article • May 2, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Virginia Court Improperly Denied Transgender Prisoner’s Name Change by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On December 13, 2018, the Supreme Court of Virginia held that a state circuit court improperly denied a transgender prisoner’s application for a name change.  Federal prisoner Brian Allen Leonard filed an application in Virginia state …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
California Prison Psychologist Blows Whistle on LGBTQ Harassment, Settles Lawsuit for Retaliation by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A prison psychologist who filed a complaint under the California Whistleblower Protection Act alleging blatant abuse by state prison guards against LGBTQ prisoners has agreed to settle her lawsuit and resign. Dr. …
Brief • February 13, 2019
Vroegh v. Iowa Department of Corrections, et al., IA, verdict, transgender nurse discrimination, 2019
SPLC Americans for Immigrant Justice: Prison by Any Other Name - A Report on South Florida Detention Facilities, 2019 PRISON BY ANY OTHER NAME A REPORT ON SOUTH FLORIDA DE TENTION FACILITIES ABOUT THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER The Southern Poverty Law Center, based in Montgomery, Alabama, is a nonprofit …
Florida Prisoner’s Gender Dysphoria Requires Hormone Therapy, Social Transitioning Treatment by Following a bench trial, on August 22, 2018 a Florida federal district court held that state prison officials were deliberately indifferent to transgender prisoner Reiyn Keohane’s serious medical condition of gender dysphoria. The court said the denial of hormone …
Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Connecticut Passes Law to Protect Women, Transgender Prisoners by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In May 2018, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law SB-13, a bill that will bring fairness and dignity to women and transgender prisoners, his office said. The bill, which received unanimous votes in both …
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 …
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 …
Texas Settles Suit Over Rape and Beating of Transgender Prisoner by On March 15, 2018, Lambda Legal, an organization that advocates for LGBT rights, announced the settlement of a lawsuit brought by a male-to-female transgender Texas prisoner who was beaten and raped while serving 14 years in all-male facilities. After …
Brief • August 16, 2018
Goldring v. Atlanta Police Dept, GA, Complaint, False Arrest, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-01191-WMR Document 13 Filed 08/16/18 Page 1 of 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION JULIUS GOLDRING, Plaintiff, v. ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS VLADIMIR HENRY and JUAN RESTREPO, in their individual …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Transgender Prisoner Issues Result in Litigation, Policy Changes by In two recent settlements, corrections officials were forced to pay for their failure to honor the chosen gender identity of transgender prisoners and where they were housed. But in a third case, a court’s refusal to second-guess a housing decision by …
Publication • May 11, 2018
Transgender Offender Manual, FPB DOJ, 2018 U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons CHANGE OPI: NUMBER: DATE: NOTICE RSD/WSP 5200.04 CN-1 May 11, 2018 Transgender Offender Manual Approved: Mark S. Inch Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons This Change Notice (CN) implements the following change to Program Statement 5200.04, Transgender …
Penal Reform International, Thailand Institute of Justice: Global Prison Trends, 2018 GLOBAL PRISON TRENDS 2018 SPECIAL FOCUS Pull-out section The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders in the era of sustainable development Global Prison Trends 2018 This document is co-published and produced with financial assistance from the Thailand Institute of Justice …
John Doe v. Arizona, AZ, Complaint, Gender Discrimination, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00384-GMS Document 1 Filed 02/02/18 Page 1 of 5 5 Stephen Montoya (#011791) Montoya, Lucero & Pastor, P.A. 3200 North Central Avenue, Suite 2550 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 602-256-6718 (telephone) 602-256-6667 (fax) stephen@montoyalawgroup.com 6 Attorney for Plaintiff 1 2 3 4 …
TRO Requires Pennsylvania Jail to Provide Hormone Treatment by A Pennsylvania federal district court issued a temporary restraining order on July 7, 2017 that required the Lackawanna County Prison (LCP) to provide hormone drugs to treat a transgender prisoner diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Steven Fritz, who identifies as Sparkle Wilson, …
Brief • October 5, 2017
Vroegh v. Iowa Department of Corrections, et al., IA, amended petition, jury demand, transgender nurse discrimination, 2017 E-FILED 2017 OCT 05 10:16 PM POLK - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY * * * Plaintiff, * * v. * * * IOWA …
Article • July 18, 2017
Trans People in Prison Fight Barriers to Changing Their Legal Names and Gender Markers by Victoria Law by Victoria Law, Truthout During her 30 years in California's prison system, Cookie Bivens has seen numerous trans women attempt to change their name and gender marker while incarcerated. Not a single woman …
Frederick v. California DCR, CA, Complaint, Transgender Discrimination, 2017 .o"' ,-,•- ,. C ., 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -"' . - ~~ -~ ~ g 02~ ~"i !~ Z-: ..."' fW ~"'"' liDOR .... i'-·"I SE) '-....~-­ JUN 19 2017 Robert L. Boucher (SBN: …
California Pays for Transgender Prisoner’s Sex Reassignment Surgery by Joe Watson by Joe Watson The rights of transgender prisoners are in the throes of a major transition. In August 2015, California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) made the unprecedented decision to pay for sex reassignment surgery (SRS) for Shiloh …
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