national/world - Transgender woman reaches settlement with NSW corrective services over her treatment in prison

Lia Harris

ABC.net.au

Illawara, NSW, Australia (r)

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Mississippi - California man heads to prison for killing MS Coast transgender woman, wounding sister

Martha Sanchez

Sun Herald

Gulfport, MS

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Utah - Utah prison discriminated against transgender woman, Department of Justice finds

AP

NBC News

Gunnison, UT (women's state prison)

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Japan Prison Forced Transgender Woman to Shave Head; Bar Association Protests

The Yomiuri Shimbun

The Japan Times

Onomichi, Japan

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Stewart Rhodes in prison!

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ezs note:  Can we all say "awwwwwwwwwwww...."  (hee, hee!)

Oh, by the way, it's likely that Donald's goin' to be arrested... tick, tick, tick,

 

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lead story - Prison strip-search case pits religious rights against transgender rights

Dave Byrnes

Courthouse News Service

Allouez, WI

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lead story - Man sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of transgender teen

Staff

KATU

Vancouver, WA

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Capitol riot - First US Capitol rioter convicted of a felony gets 8 months in prison

Marshall Cohen

CNN

Capitol rioters

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Donald Trump - Witness in the Mueller investigation and informal Trump adviser gets 10 years in prison in child sex case

Marshall Cohen
CNN

Yup, looks like Trump...

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Donald Trump - Roger Stone Is Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Prison

Sharon LaFraniere
The New York Times

E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse

Washington DC

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lead story - A Man Was Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murdering His Transgender Activist Wife

David Mack
BuzzFeed News

North Adams, MA

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civil rights - Transgender inmate in South Dakota prison sues for civil rights violations

Shannon Marvel
The Daily Republic

South Dakota Department of Corrections penitentiary

 Pierre, SD

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civil rights - A transgender inmate was raped and beaten in a Cañon City prison. Now the state has settled the case.

Sam Tabachnik
The Denver Post

Cañon City, CO

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civil rights - STATE ORDERED TO PAY FOR SURGERY FOR TRANSGENDER PRISON INMATE FROM POCATELLO AREA

Tommy Simmons
Idaho State Journal

Pocatello, ID

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civil rights - SPLC seeks documents detailing rollback of protections for transgender people in prison

Staff
Southern Poverty Law Center

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Manning leaves prison to a U.S. more accepting of transgender identity

Daniel Trotta
Reuters

Chelsea Manning

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Transgender inmates wage slow battle for necessary medical care in prison

Teresa Welsh
McClatchyDC

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Prison is horrifying. For transgender people, it's hell.

German Lopez / german.lopez@vox.com
Vox

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ezs note:  YOU can do something about this!  Call, write, e-write, or better yet visit in person, and ask her/him if conditions for transgender prisoners are safe, secure, and appropriate.  If not, they should get their act together!

Man Who Killed Transgender Woman in a 'Blind Fury' for 'Fooling' Him Gets 12 Years in Prison

Hillary Crosley Coker
Jezebel

Islan Nettles

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