Transgender Inmates
The woman sued over alleged mistreatment while in custody, but decided not to proceed the day before the trial was set to begin
Amber McLaughlin, 49, spoke with a spiritual advisor as she received a lethal injection of pentobarbital for killing Beverly Guenther in 2003
Amber McLaughlin’s scheduled execution for murdering a former girlfriend will be the first of an openly transgender woman
A transgender woman said Louisiana COs ordered her to remove her underwear and told her she would have to reveal her genitalia before she could leave the facility
A transgender inmate who authorities agreed to move from one male prison after her claims of abuse says the mistreatment has continued at her new location
Massachusetts corrections officials say a transgender inmate should remain at a men’s prison because transfer to a women’s prison may cause problems
The ruling came in a lawsuit challenging the system’s policy barring the treatment for inmates who weren’t receiving hormone therapy before they were incarcerated
According to the complaint, the department “systematically fails to provide necessary medical treatment” such as hormone therapy for gender dysphoria
The agreement doesn’t include a decision on whether Deon “Strawberry” Hampton will become Illinois’s first transgender women to transfer from a male to female prison
Deon “Strawberry” Hampton wants to go to a female prison where she says she’ll be less vulnerable to abuse
Officials are negotiating a settlement that could result in major changes to the way transgender inmates are treated
Manning served nearly seven years of her 35-year sentence, before Obama granted her clemency in the final days of his presidency
Sen. Toni Atkins said the bill would let state and county inmates apply for the legal changes without first getting approval from several state correctional officials
Officials say the first U.S. inmate to receive state-funded sex-reassignment surgery has been moved to a women’s prison
Linda Patricia Thompson, who robbed a bank to go back to prison, says the system helps her survive because homeless shelters are full
Facilities have adjusted how they process, book and house transgender inmates
California prison officials are setting the first standards for which transgender inmates should receive state-funded sex-reassignment surgery
Transgender inmates are more and more at the forefront of correctional issues in the U.S.; how should corrections respond? First, by gaining an understanding of the population
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A transgender inmate who says she was called “it” and “some kind of animal” by officers who watched her shower has won a legal victory
Advocates say Ashley Diamond, 37, won an important victory when the state in April overhauled its policy for treating inmates like her
The DOC said it does not currently segregate inmates according to sexual orientation or gender identity
New policy will allow pre-operation transgender inmates to move permanently into new populations
Records show Ashley Diamond was released Monday after serving about a third of her 12-year sentence for burglary and other convictions
Connor MacCalister, who was born female but has identified as a man for more than 10 years, is held in the jail’s women’s unit as he awaits court action in the killing of Wendy Boudreau
Suit alleges the officer bribed the inmate with an iPod Touch and $20 in cash to not report the assault
California is first in the nation to agree to pay for a transgender inmate’s sex reassignment operation
The decision makes it less likely that the 51-year-old will be able to have surgery funded by the prison before she is released
Brown will decide whether 51-year-old Michelle-Lael Norsworthy should be released 30 years after she fatally shot 26-year-old Franklin Gordon Liefer Jr.
Report alleges that her cellmate sexually assaulted her on June 10
State prison officials may be violating a transgender California inmate’s rights by denying her sex reassignment surgery
The inmate allegedly was the victim of a sexual assault while being held in the county jail
Court ruled that a transgender girl’s rights were violated when she was transferred from the state’s child welfare agency to a state prison
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