The U.S. Department of Justice inquiry follows a lawsuit from a prisoner in the state’s women’s prison who alleged a transgender woman attacked her there.
The women allege harassment and assault by transgender prisoners and seek an injunction against gender identity policy.
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DOJ opens third state investigation over Washington housing transgender women in women’s prisons
The Justice Department opened a third federal civil rights investigation Tuesday into a state housing transgender women ...
Three more women have joined a suit against the Maine Department of Corrections over what they say was repeated harassment ...
The Department of Justice is also investigating California and Maine for incarcerating transgender women in facilities for women.
JUST SOUTH OF US -- NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS ALSO NAMED IN A SIMILAR LAWSUIT ALONGSIDE SEVERAL OTHER STATES. THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCING THIS AFTERNOON IT WILL INVESTIGATE MAINE'S ...
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Oregon pays $295,000 to settle transgender woman’s lawsuit stemming from alleged prison abuse
The state has agreed to pay $295,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a transgender woman who was housed in an Oregon men’s prison and assigned to share a cell with a predatory sex ...
The women allege safety concerns and retaliation at the Maine Correctional Center.
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Woman objected to trans sex offender roommate — then she was sent back to prison, legal group says
Conservative legal group demands Bureau of Prisons records after a woman was allegedly re-incarcerated for objecting to a male roommate assignment.
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