article_snippet.sent: the Justice Department filed a brief in Ashley Diamon's case last Friday saying it's not taking a position on the accuracy of Ashley Diamond's claims, but reminding prison officials that the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution requires prison officials to provide inmates with individualized assessment and care for the condition.
article_snippet.sent: So-called freeze-frame policies, that only allow inmates the level of treatment that they received before imprisonment and that allow no treatment for those who weren't initially classified as suffering from gender dysphoria are unconstitutional, the Justice Department brief says.
article_snippet.sent: Such policies violate the Eighth Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.