A transgender woman incarcerated in Eastern Kentucky is suing the state's prison system over a plan to cut off her ...

Transgender inmates suffer high rates of violence in prison. A flurry of lawsuits and laws, including a new state housing bill, aims to drive down that violence — but will it work? Transgender inmates ...

Transgender people are fighting the orders in federal court. advertisement. Judge blocks Trump-ordered transfer of transgender women inmates to male prisons. Story by Bart Jansen, USA TODAY ...

The BOP revealed in recent court documents that 99% of trans women in BOP custody are currently housed in men's facilities. In fact, as of Feb. 20, the BOP has 2,198 transgender inmates within the ...

Pamela Disney, counsel for the government, argued that transgender inmates are rarely housed in intake protective custody for more than a few days, since the policy mandates that inmates receive ...

California California allows hundreds of transgender inmates to request transfers to prison aligning with gender identity For the time being, the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed these transfers.

Transgender inmates must also be given an opportunity to shower separately from the general population. On paper, Tassone said, this language would comply with PREA.

Roughly 2,230 transgender inmates are in facilities that correspond to their biological sex, the Justice Department said in court papers. In a separate case relating to the same directive, ...

A male “transgender” inmate who allegedly sexually assaulted his female cellmate had a long history of violent behavior and serious infractions before Washington state correction officials ...

WASHINGTON — Three transgender women currently serving federal prison time sued Thursday to block an executive order that would require them to be moved to men’s facilities and end their ...

In recent months, transgender prisoners in Colorado brought a class action against state prison officials over a lack of safe housing; and three transgender inmates in Texas filed a lawsuit seeking to ...