transgender inmates

A psychiatrist said that it was risky to put 27-year-old trans inmate Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco into a cell on her own. Guards did it anyway.

“It was horrifying for the family to see this footage,” said David Shanies, the lawyer representing the inmate’s family. “They were completely unprepared for what they saw. They all broke into hysterical crying.”

The ruling is a rare victory for LGBTQ rights at the Supreme Court.

Because trans rights are currently being debated in the courts, he writes, it’d be legally biased for a court to use a trans person’s personal pronouns.

Often transgender women are placed in solitary confinement “for their own protection,” something which is tantamount to psychological torture.

A transgender woman won her case to get gender affirmation surgery while in prison.

She was raped twice in prison and then put in solitary confinement. She won her case, but won’t be free until this fall.

For Jane Doe, it was not only a fight for her life but her dignity too.

Inmates were held in their cells up to 23 hours a day without access to specialized programming, social interaction or other outside activities.

The new policies will help ensure vulnerable people, like members of the LGBTQ community, are identified during the intake process so they can be protected from abuse.