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Gay Tennessee Prisoner Refuses to Out Himself in PREA Classification Hearings by In an essay for Filter Magazine published on February 10, 2025, openly gay Tennessee prisoner Tony Vick made a surprising admission: He consistently identifies himself as “straight” in annual classification hearings conducted under the Prison Rape Elimination Act …
No Human Being Should Be Held There - THE MISTREATMENT OF LGBTQ AND HIV POSITIVE PEOPLE IN U.S. FEDERAL IMMIGRATION JAILS-June 2024 “No Human Being Should Be Held There” The Mistreatment of LGBTQ and HIV-Positive People in U.S. Federal Immigration Jails JUNE 2024 No Human Being Should Be Held There …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
LGBTQ Adults and Youth Face Criminalization and Over-Incarceration by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett LGBTQ individuals continue to be criminalized for their sexuality, resulting in high rates of incarceration and higher chances of solitary confinement once behind bars. That’s the take-away from a report by The Sentencing Project issued on …
Publication • 2022
Protected and Served-2022 Community Survey of LGBTQ+ People and People Living With HIV's Experience With Criminal Legal System PROTECTED &SERVED 2022 Community Survey of LGBTQ+ People and People Living with HIV’s Experiences with the Criminal Legal System By Somjen Frazer, Richard Saenz, Andrew Aleman, and Laura Laderman Table of Contents …
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Gay/Lesbian, Transgender
Incarcerated LGBTQ+ Youth and Adults, 2022 Incarcerated LGBTQ+ Adults and Youth 1 - THE SENTENCING PROJECT RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY FOR REFORM This report was written by Emma Stammen, Research Fellow, and Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph.D., Senior Research Analyst at The Sentencing Project. This report benefited from the generous feedback of Dee …
Garcia v. Baldwin, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect - LGBTQ, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# . -CV-1001-SMY-RJD 18-1001 Plaintiffs: IDOC# Filed Case Name Garcia, Carlos #M41479 v. Baldwin, et al. Defendants: Date Served Received 4/19/18 Status 01/29/19 Class Action OnAppeal closed D D Spears Opposing Counsel: …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
California Enacts Legislation Strengthening Protections for LGBTQ Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 26, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law measures to protect the state’s LGBTQ population, including special provisions that empower them to choose the pronoun and honorific that prison staff, volunteers, and contractors …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Former Prisoner Becomes Activist for LBGTQ Rights in California Prisons by Rojas, 39, spent 15 years as a gender nonconforming (GNC) prisoner who endured abuse from guards. Finally, in the last year of the sentence at Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF), the largest women’s prison in the state, Rojas decided …
Brief • February 3, 2020
Varnado v. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, CA, Settlement Agreement, Failure to Protect, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release of All Claims ("Agreement") is entered into between the following parties ("the Parties"): Plaintiff TOMMY VARNADO ("Plaintiff'), and Defendants DEPUTY JAVIER MACHADO and …
Menchaca v. Michigan DOC, MI, Settlement, LBGT Discrimination, 2019
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Two-Year Investigation, Litigation and Settlement Ends Segregation, Mistreatment of LGBTQ Prisoners at California Jail by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal class-action lawsuit against the sheriff of San Bernardino County, California, that alleged LGBTQ prisoners were confined in an “‘Alternative Lifestyle Tank’ at the West Valley Detention Center ... …
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. …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
New York City Pays $280,000 to Settle Suit after Visitor Assaulted by Jail Guards by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On May 19, 2014, Thomas Hamm went to the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City to visit his same-sex domestic partner, identified as P.F. Hamm and P.F., who …
Hamm v. City of New York, et al., anti-gay attack on jail visitor, settlement, 2018 Case 1:15-cv-06238-JPO Document 92 Filed 09/10/18 Page 1 of 6 UNITED STATES DISTRJCT COURT SOUTHER.N DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x Thomas Hamm, STIPULATIONAND onnnn op Dls'iltrssAl Plaintiff, l5 Civ.06238 (JPO) (SDA) -against- The City of …
McKibben v. McMahon, CA, Settlement, LGBT Wrongful Treatment, 2018 Case 5:14-cv-02171-JGB-SP Document 78 Filed 08/15/18 Page 1 of 26 Page ID #:714 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DAN MCKIBBEN, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No.14-2171-JGB-SP [Hon. Jesus G. Bernal] vs. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT JOHN MCMAHON, et al., Defendants. Plaintiffs1 …
ACLU Virginia -- Women in the Criminal Justice System - Pathways to Incarceration in Virginia, 2018 PHOTO: NARAL PRO-CHOICE OF AMERICA/FLICKR WOMEN IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: PATHWAYS TO INCARCERATION IN VIRGINIA Acknowledgement First and foremost, we would like to thank the residents of Friends of Guest House in Fairfax, …
Brief • July 6, 2018
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Menchaca v. Michigan DOC, MI, Amended Complaint, LGBT Discrimination, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-10874-TGB-EAS ECF No. 13 filed 06/08/18 PageID.111 Page 1 of 33 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION Case No. 18-cv-10874 Hon. Terrence G. Berg Mag. Elizabeth A Stafford ASHLEY MENCHACA, Plaintiff, vs. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF …
Article • January 3, 2018
$5,000 to Transgender Prisoner in Maryland Sexual Harassment Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On August 17, 2015, an administrative law judge in Maryland ruled that state prison officials were guilty of sexually harassing and mistreating a transgender prisoner and awarded her $5,000 in damages. The ruling was the …
Report Finds Texas Prison Staff Often Ignore Reports of Prison Rape by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke In November 2016, the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault and the Prison Justice League (PJL) published a report on sexual assaults in Texas prisons. The report concluded that Texas has failed to stem …
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