Idaho - Idaho officials sued by inmates over law blocking public funds for gender care

Mia Maldonado

Idaho Capital Sun

Kuna, ID

(near Idaho State Correctional Institution)

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Mississippi - Mississippi inmates may get to sue prisons if they’re jailed with trans people

John Russell

LGBTQ Nation

Jackson, MS

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lead story - A transgender woman sues the Georgia Department of Corrections over allegations of sexual assault by inmates and staff

Madeline Holcombe

CNN

State Offices South

Forsyth, GA

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civil rights - Transgender women fight law blocking inmates' name change

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ABC News

Huntsville, TX

Huntsville Unit

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lead story - Transgender women inmates sue Colorado, claiming harassment, violence

Dennis Romero
NBC News

Ordway, CO

Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility

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UK - UK To Open Separate Jail For Transgenders After Several Cases Of Attack By Inmates

Kriti Gupta
Indiatimes.com

Banstead, UK

(future home of HMP Downview)

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Nebraska - Nebraska Supreme Court tosses lawsuit over death penalty referendum, says inmates have other options to challenge sentences

Lori Pilger
Lincoln Journal-Star

Lincoln, NE

Thomas P. Kennard House

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ezs note:  The two may seem unrelated, but John L. Lotter, one of the unsuccessful petitioners in the case, was convicted of killing Brandon Teena, a transgender male. You can see the true story reenactment in Boys Don't Cry. (with Peter Sarsgaard as John Lotter)

Utah - Barron: Utah Needs to do More to Protect Vulnerable Inmates

Morgan Barron
The Daily Utah Chronicle

Wasatch State Prison

Draper, UT

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Transgender SA prisoner Krista Richards says future inmates will suffer if tribunal dismisses her equal opportunities case (Australia)

Sean Fewster
The Daily Telegraph

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Official: S.F. jail inmates forced into 'gladiator-style' fights

BRETT WILKINS
Digital Journal

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Trans inmates abused

Devon Strayer
http://www.pointparkglobe.com

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Texas County Implements New Policy For LGBT Inmates

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Court upholds hormone therapy for transgender inmates (jsonline)

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