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$75,000 for Transgender Maryland Prisoner Raped by Guard by Chuck Sharman On September 25, 2024, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) agreed to pay $75,000 to a transgender state prisoner who accused a guard of raping her in December 2021 at Patuxent Institution, a treatment facility …
$52,500 for Trans Florida Prisoner Sexually Assaulted by Cellmate by Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner Joseph “Joey” Luzier III, a transgender woman, was housed at the Tomoka Correctional Institution, a men’s facility, when on August 25, 2020, she was placed in a cell with Rene Valentin Rivas—a registered sexual …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Trans Federal Prisoner in Massachusetts Wins Temporary Halt to Trump Order Removing Her From Women’s Lockup by In an executive order issued just after his inauguration on January 20, 2025, Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) ordered the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), parent agency of the federal Bureau of …
Transgender BOP Prisoner in Arizona Wins $10,243 for Guard’s Negligence by On June 21, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona ordered the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to pay $10,000 to transgender prisoner Grace Pinson for her claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) that …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Transgender Maryland Prisoner’s Suit Accuses Guard of Shower Rape by On October 2, 2023, transgender Maryland prisoner Dmitry Pronin, known now as Leyleen Lillith Aquino, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, alleging that she was raped in a state prison shower …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Court Orders Preliminary Injunctive Relief for Transgender Massachusetts Prisoners by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In consolidated cases, the Massachusetts Superior Court for Suffolk County ordered preliminary injunctive relief on December 30, 2022, for a pair of transgender women incarcerated at the state’s Souza Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC). Each woman …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Third Circuit Reinstates Suit Filed by Transgender Prisoner Assaulted at New Jersey Federal Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 1, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturned a lower court’s decision to dismiss the claim of a pre-operative transgender federal prisoner who accused …
$2.2 Million Settlement Over Transgender Georgia Prisoner’s Suicide Is Largest in State DOC History by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 7, 2021, the parents of a 25-year-old transwoman who committed suicide while imprisoned in the Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) dismissed their federal civil rights lawsuit against DOC …
Brief • April 14, 2022
Canter v. Santana, MD, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2022 Case Case8:19-cv-02395-JKB 8:19-cv-02395-JKB Document Document 63-1 72 Filed Filed 04/14/23 08/31/22 Page Page11ofof26 26 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND NORTHERN DIVISION AMBER M. CANTER c/o Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, P.A. 1 South Street, 30th Floor Baltimore, …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$170,000 Damages and Fees As New Jersey Prisons Settle Transgender Lawsuit With New Policy by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins As of June 29, 2021, the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) has changed its policy of housing prisoners according to their gender assignment at birth, regardless of whether they …
Washington Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Halting Release of Transgender Prisoners’ Personal Information; Class Certified by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On April 8, 2021, the Federal court for the Eastern District of Washington issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) to preserve the status quo and halt the release by …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
$170,000 Settlement By New Jersey DOC in Transgender Lawsuit With New Policy by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The New Jersey Department of Corrections had a policy of housing prisoners according to their gender assignment at birth, regardless of whether they are transgendered or of any non-binary sexual orientation. As …
Monroe v. Meeks, IL, Preliminary Injunction, Transgender Discrimination, 2021 Case 3:18-cv-00156-NJR Document 332 Filed 08/09/21 Page 1 of 4 Page ID #7682 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JANIAH MONROE, MARILYN MELENDEZ, LYDIA HELÉNA VISION, SORA KUYKENDALL, and SASHA REED, individually and on behalf …
Doe v. NJ Dept of Corrections, NJ, Settlement, Transgender Discrimination, 2021 MER-L-001586-19 06/29/2021 1:06:04 AM Pg 1 of 25 Trans ID: LCV20211544598 SONIA DOE (a pseudonym), SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY LAW DIVISION - MERCER COUNTY Plaintiff, Docket No. MER-L-1586-19 v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al. Defendants. CIVIL …
Diamond v. Ward, GA, Statement of Interest of the US, Transgender Medical Rights, 2021 Case 5:20-cv-00453-MTT Document 65 Filed 04/22/21 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA MACON DIVISION __________________________________ ASHLEY DIAMOND, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 5:20-cv-00453-MTT TIMOTHY WARD, et al., …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
California Trans Women Struggle For Protection Under Prison Rape Elimination Act by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon When Senate Bill 132 took effect January 1, 2021, protections promised by the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) were finally guaranteed by law to over 1,000 inmates held by the …
Pinellas County, Florida Sheriff’s Office Sued in Federal Court for Treatment of Transgender Prisoner by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Karla Bello, who claims that she was mistreated by Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office employees while in custody for 11 days for unpaid parking tickets, filed suit on September 10, 2020 …
Tay Tay v. Baldwin, IL, Settlement, Transgender Discrimination, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 19-501 Tay Tay #R12529 v. Baldwin, et al. 19-CV-501 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Institutions: IDOC# Filed Received 5/14/19 5/ 17 /19 Case Name Defendants: Date Served Status closed Class Action D On Appeal D …
Transgender Georgia Prisoner Files Second Lawsuit Over Lack of Treatment, Sexual Assaults, After Winning $250,000 Settlement for Same Issues by On November 23, 2020, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) helped Ashley Diamond, a Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner who is transgender, file …
Campbell v. Kallas, WI, Injunction Order, Transgender Medical Rights, 2020 Case: 3:16-cv-00261-jdp Document #: 149 Filed: 12/22/20 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN MARK A. CAMPBELL, a/k/a NICOLE ROSE CAMPBELL, Plaintiff, Case No. 16-cv-261-jdp v. KEVIN KALLAS et al., Defendant. INJUNCTION ORDER 1. Plaintiff …
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