transgender inmates

This would be the first such review of Trump-era policies affecting trans prisoners since the Biden administration began.

She bombed a mosque while Muslims were praying inside, but now she’s begging the court to take pity on her because she was living a “double life.”

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.

Hinton was arrested for “unarmed burglary with intent to steal $20,” a petty crime that has already cost her weeks of freedom and put her at risk of sexual assault.

Kim Wirtz was placed among male inmates in a Baltimore jail. Then, on February 25, guards found her unconscious in her cell. What happened remains a mystery.

Despite years of education, the judges apparently couldn’t figure out how to write an opinion without using he/him pronouns.

The incarcerated trans woman had medical documents asking that she not be housed with cisgender inmates, similar to the prison policy already in place. She was placed with not one, but two convicted rapists.

“She has waited long enough,” the federal judge wrote.

The bills address housing and health care needs for trans people, insurance discrimination based on HIV status, and the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on LGBTQ people.

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.