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Trans woman was brutally raped in prison & had to be hospitalized. She won $10K in damages.
She said that the Department of Justice didn’t do enough to protect her while she was housed in a men’s prison.
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Mississippi inmates may get to sue prisons if they’re jailed with trans people
State House lawmakers advanced the so-called “Dignity and Safety for Incarcerated Women Act.”
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Jail allegedly denied father-of-two his HIV meds. Now he’s dead.
Two months after entering jail, he was using a wheelchair and unable to speak, his mother says.
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Biden administration stands up for trans inmates & says they deserve gender-affirming care
A trans inmate has suffered decades of abuse. The Biden administration says, “Enough.”
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Judge threatens to punish men’s prison for “humiliating” cavity search of trans female inmate
“We are not sending people into prison to be further abused,” the judge said. “Does somebody have any common sense?”
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Trans woman says Maryland imprisoned her with cis man who sexually assaulted her
Chelsea Gilliam says officers repeatedly misgendered her and only allowed her out of solitary confinement for five hours a week.
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Trans YouTuber Nikita Dragun says she was detained with men after arrest
Dragun was arrested on felony assault charges after allegedly spilling water on a police officer.
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House Democrats call for release of trans & HIV positive detainees from ICE facilities
Under Biden, ICE policy now calls for releasing pregnant people and families detained together. House members and advocates want that same consideration for trans people and people living with HIV.
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The teen killer of three LGBTQ people is convicted & now faces life in prison
It was initially thought that the 18-year old opened fire on a house party out of hatred. Jurors eventually learned that his motive was more than that.
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HIV+ inmate got a year in solitary because officials feared he would have prison sex
The other guy was negative.
