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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 …
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 …
Jespersen v. CDCR et al, CA, Amended Complaint, Prison Psychologist Mistreatment, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00246-JAM-CKD Document 3 Filed 02/09/18 Page 1 of 36 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Felicia Medina (SBN 255804) fmedina@medinaorthwein.com Jennifer Orthwein (SBN 255196) jorthwein@medinaorthwein.com Kevin Love Hubbard (SBN 290759) khubbard@medinaorthwein.com MEDINA ORTHWEIN LLP 1322 …
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 …
Article • August 22, 2017
Oregon ACLU & Transgender Prisoner Sue for Hormone Therapy by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson "What's happening at the Oregon Department of Corrections is unconstitutional and its inhumane treatment of people and it has to stop," said Mat dos Santos, legal director for the Oregon chapter of the American Civil …
A Texas-Sized Failure - Sexual Assaults in TX Prisons, PJL TAASA, 2016 A TEXAS-SIZED FAILURE: Sexual Assaults in Texas Prisons A joint report of the Prison Justice League & 1the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault Acknowledgements This report was written by Erica Gammill & Elia Inglis. All content copyright © …
New Report Says ICE Inspection Problems Perpetuate Prisoner Abuse by Derek Gilna The National Immigrant Justice Center and the Detention Watch Network recently released a joint report sharply critical of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency and its oversight methods, terming them "fundamentally unchanged and unreformed.  The ICE detention …
Suit Over Guards Beating Transgender New York Prisoner Settles for $80,000 by On February 23, 2015, a lawsuit alleging two New York prison guards beat a transgender state prisoner while voicing anti-transgender slurs was settled for $80,000, which included $50,000 in attorney fees. Bryan Woodall was a pre-operative transgender New …
Sacramento County Pays $58K to Settle Rape Suit Brought by Transgender Detainee by In June 2006, Jackie Tates was paid $58,333.34 by Sacramento County to settle a federal suit filed by Tates, a pre-operative (male-to-female) transgender inmate, alleging that in November 2000, while housed at the Sacramento County Main Jail …
Transfer to Women’s Prison Settles Formerly Male Prisoner’s GID Suit by Mark Wilson On October 31, 2013, Oregon prison officials agreed to transfer a formerly male prisoner to a women’s prison to settle her lawsuit. Linda Patricia Thompson suffers from Gender Identity Disorder (GID), or transsexualism, which is “a rare …
Franklin v. Hardy, IL, Settlement, Transgender Medical Rights, 2016 ta UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JOSE FRANKLIN, a/k/a MONICA FRANKLIN, Plaintiff, Case Number 2012 CV 02970 v. Hon. John Robert Blakey, District Judge DIANE SCHWARZ and SYLVIA MAHONE, Hon. Mary M. Rowland, Magistrate Judge Defendants. …
BOP Pays $70,000 to Settle Lawsuit by Sexually Abused Transgender Prisoner by Derek Gilna Samantha Hill, a male-to-female transgender prisoner in the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), was raped at USP Florence in December 2013 – one of many sexual assaults the BOP failed to prevent through …
CB v. Walnut Grove Correction Authority, MS, Monitor Report Pursuant to Class Action Consent Decree, 2016 Case 3:10-cv-00663-CWR-FKB Document 188 Filed 05/05/16 Page 1 of 29 Case 3:10-cv-00663-CWR-FKB Document 188 Filed 05/05/16 Page 2 of 29 Case 3:10-cv-00663-CWR-FKB Document 188 Filed 05/05/16 Page 3 of 29 Case 3:10-cv-00663-CWR-FKB Document 188 …
Hammond v Kates, DC, Amicus Brief - HRDC, transgender abuse discrimination, 2014 USCA Case #13-5212 Document #1485371 Filed: 03/25/2014 Page 1 of 50 [ORAL ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED] ______________________________ Nos. 13-5212 & 13-5213 ______________________________ IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT ______________________________ PATTI HAMMOND …
Oklahoma’s Mabel Bassett Correctional Center has Highest Prison Rape Rate by Oklahoma state prison officials refused to testify at a federal hearing held on January 8, 2014. Among the items on the agenda at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) hearing was an inquiry as to why Oklahoma’s Mabel Basset …
Unjust - How the Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT People, CAP MAP AP FT JLUSA, 2016 UNJUST: HOW THE BROKEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FAILS LGBT PEOPLE February 2016 Authors Partners This report was authored by: This report was developed in partnership with: Center for American Progress The Center for …
Jury Awards $40,000 to Transgender Prisoner Raped at Florida Jail by A Florida state court jury awarded $40,000 in a negligence action stemming from the rape of a male-to-female transgender pretrial detainee at the Orange County Jail (OCJ). Donald Brown, also known as Tori Tyrelle, was being held at OCJ …
Sentenced to Abuse: Trans People in Prison Suffer Rape, Coercion, Denial of Medical Treatment by Zoe Greenberg Zoe Greenberg, Investigative Fellow, RH Reality Check In 2009, Janetta Johnson was sentenced to 71 months for possession and intent to distribute methamphetamine. When the economy plummeted in 2008, Johnson says she panicked …
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