Why do inmates have access to gender-affirming care? Those Trump ads you keep seeing debunked
Republicans have spent $65 million on attack ads that target 0.6 percent of the population. Here's all the context they're missing.
October 22, 2024
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Transgender inmate killed in prison fight in Louisiana
Yella Clark was serving a life sentence — which they had recently appealed — at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.
June 18, 2024
DOJ Clarifies Policy on Transgender Inmates
The Department of Justice ruled this week it is illegal to assign transgender prisoners to cells based solely on their genitalia.
March 25, 2016
Transgender inmate in landmark case charged again
A transgender inmate freed from prison last year because she was dying of AIDS has been charged with using a forged Maryland death certificate to fake her death and get new criminal charges against her dismissed.
September 29, 2006
Washington Improves Conditions for Transgender Inmates in State Prisons
A legal settlement propels significant enhancements in transgender inmate care and rights.
October 13, 2023
Fed. Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Trans Inmate
A federal appeals court today upheld a judge's 2012 ruling that transgender inmates should have access to transition-related care while they are incarcerated.
January 17, 2014
Judge orders Idaho to provide hormone therapy to self-castrated transgender inmate
An inmate who castrated herself with a disposable razor blade after prison officials refused to treat her for gender identity disorder should have female hormone therapy paid for by the state, a federal judge said.
August 1, 2007
Elton John, Michael Stipe Demand Safety for Trans Prisoners
The pop superstars condemn the 'horrific' treatment of two Georgia transgender inmates.
April 8, 2015
ACLU Calling for Investigation of Trans Teen's Suicide in Maine Jail
State officials have confirmed the death of a transgender teenage inmate who was on suicide watch.
November 15, 2016
Pope Francis to Meet With Gay, Transgender Prisoners
Inmates from a unit for gay, transgender, and HIV-positive people will be among those Francis meets with in Naples Saturday.
March 20, 2015
Pennsylvania Moves to Make Trans Inmates Safer
Transgender inmates in Pennsylvania will no longer be sent to solitary confinement based upon gender identity alone, and will be allowed to shower privately.
September 23, 2015
Fixing Corrections
As a U.K. court moves to protect its MTF inmates from rape and assault, America's transgender prisoners continue to suffer.
November 13, 2009
Judge partially halts Idaho’s anti-trans care law
The narrow ruling applies only to the denial of gender-affirming care behind bars and also grants class action status to transgender inmates.
September 5, 2024
Ruling on Trans Inmate's Surgery Gets Bipartisan Rebuke
A federal judge ruled that the state must provide a transgender inmate with gender-reassignment surgery, a decision both Massachusetts Senate candidates oppose.
September 12, 2012
Fed. Judge: Calif. Must Provide Trans Inmate with Access to Surgery
A federal judge has ruled that a transgender inmate in California must be granted access to gender-affirming surgery that her prison doctors have deemed medically necessary.
April 6, 2015