Transgender Inmate Sues Indiana Department of Correction to Obtain Hormone Therapy
A transgender inmate is suing Indiana’s prison system for denying his requests to undergo hormone therapy.
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Female Prison Worker Allegedly Had Sex with Inmate at NY Prison Where High-Profile Murderers Escaped
A female prison worker has been caught having sex with an inmate at a New York state prison where a prison employee helped two high-profile murderers escape two years ago, authorities said.
Report: Sheriff David Clarke Named in Prison Death Lawsuit
The family of an inmate who died in Milwaukee County Jail reportedly named Sheriff David Clarke and Milwaukee County as defendants in a civil rights lawsuit filed Monday.
Mysterious Death in Texas Jail Under Investigation
A Bexar County, Texas, inmate has been found dead in his jail cell. The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of the inmate in the Bexar County Adult Detention Center.
Illegal Aliens Complain About Racial Profiling in Jail
Activist immigration groups are firing racial profiling allegations against Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell.
Prisoner’s Sex Change Surgery Delay May Still Leave Taxpayers Footing the Bill
$100,000. That’s the prison’s estimated cost of the sex change operation California inmate Michelle-Lael Norsworthy demanded and was scheduled to receive in July before a Thursday court order delayed the first ever prison-paid procedure of its kind in California. But even if he’s released on parole, the taxpayers could still have the privilege of picking up the tab under Medi-Cal, says one bay area legal director.
Judge Orders State to Pay for Inmate’s Sex Change
On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco ruled that California’s corrections department must pay for an inmate’s sex change surgery, establishing a new precedent as no operation for an inmate has ever been ordered in the state.
