article_snippet.sent: Transgender women in male prisons have an equal right to protection from violence and abuse in prison, and yet Transgender women in male prisons continue to face horrific injustices,’ according to a joint statement the musicians released Tuesday.
article_snippet.sent: Last week, the US Justice Department said prison officials must treat an inmate’s gender identity condition just as prison officials would treat any other medical or mental health condition following a February lawsuit from the Southern Poverty Law Center filed against Georgia Department of Corrections Corrections officials on behalf of Ashley Diamond, a transgender woman.
article_snippet.sent: Prison officials must treat an inmate's gender identity condition just as Prison officials would treat any other medical or mental health condition, according to a the US Justice Department ruling in the case of transgender inmate Ashley Diamond .
article_snippet.sent: Last week, a judge ordered California’s corrections department to provide a transgender inmate with sex-reassignment surgery.
article_snippet.sent: Only inmates identified as transgender during transgender initial intake screenings are eligible for gender dysphoria treatment under Georgia Department of Corrections policy, but the personnel who do their initial intake screenings often aren't familiar with the condition, the Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit says.
article_snippet.sent: Transgender inmates like Ashley have a right to proper medical care,' Southern Poverty Law Center staff attorney Chinyere Ezie said. '
article_snippet.sent: Transgender inmates like Ashley have a right to protection from violence and abuse and these rights are secured by the U.S. Constitution.'
article_snippet.sent: Other courts have ordered hormones, psychotherapy and other treatments for transgender inmates.
article_snippet.sent: A federal judge on Thursday ordered California's corrections department to provide a transgender inmate with sex-reassignment surgery, the first time such an operation has been ordered in California.
article_snippet.sent: It was only the second time anywhere in the country that a judge issued an injunction directing a state prison system to provide the surgery, said Ilona Turner, legal director at the Transgender Law Center in Oakland.
highlights_snippet.sent: 'Transgender women in male prisons have an equal right to protection from violence and abuse in prison, and yet Transgender women in male prisons continue to face horrific injustices,' statement read in part .
  