Legal documents filed by trans women reveal that trans inmates have endured widescale persecution, humiliation, suffering, trauma, and brushes with death for many years in Florida prisons.
Mady, I cannot thank you enough for writing the stories of these women to share with us. It helps to see better coverage of these issues... I'm afraid too many people will disregard the serious nature of the harm being done because these women are incarcerated, and that only adds to the tragedy. They deserve to be treated with dignity and care. I am heartsick over what's happening to them.
It seems that the court of appeals should have no problem of returning this decision based on the judge's own subjective opinions rather than the judge's use of factual evidence to make a decision.
Additionally, the judge should be at a minimum censured for not properly using decorum in presenting the plaintiff as they wish to be presented.
If people have to go into the courtroom and use "your honor" when addressing him when he has no honor then he should not have a problem addressing people by their name.
Hopefully the aclu will file the appeal as to the grounds for overturning.
Along with the decision going against the US Constitution.
This is disgusting. I'm a trans man and can't fathom what I'd do in these womens' shoes. Thank you for writing about this. People need to know.
Mady, I cannot thank you enough for writing the stories of these women to share with us. It helps to see better coverage of these issues... I'm afraid too many people will disregard the serious nature of the harm being done because these women are incarcerated, and that only adds to the tragedy. They deserve to be treated with dignity and care. I am heartsick over what's happening to them.
It seems that the court of appeals should have no problem of returning this decision based on the judge's own subjective opinions rather than the judge's use of factual evidence to make a decision.
Additionally, the judge should be at a minimum censured for not properly using decorum in presenting the plaintiff as they wish to be presented.
If people have to go into the courtroom and use "your honor" when addressing him when he has no honor then he should not have a problem addressing people by their name.
Hopefully the aclu will file the appeal as to the grounds for overturning.
Along with the decision going against the US Constitution.
Absolutely horrible. Is any organization fighting this?
The ACLU is fighting the lawsuit. The Marshall Project is not an advocacy org but does great reporting on these prisons too.
Crazy that our right wing court system doesnt see this as cruel and unusual. I would rather die personally.
“The men with the pink triangle”.