Transgender women inmates in Colorado claim in a class-action lawsuit that they are targets of physical violence and sexual harassment because they are routinely housed with men.
"We work every day to find the best possible balance between the desire to protect the dignity of all offenders, with the need to ensure their safety."
"Because she is a transgender woman in CDOC custody, she has been subjected to numerous brutal assaults, resulting in permanent injuries, including a rape in 2014," the document states."She has attempted suicide twice and attempted self-castration as a means to deal with her severeJane Gallentine, whose age was not stated, has survived"several rapes," including repeated attacks by a corrections officer, the lawsuit claims.
Amber Miller, 32, was raped by a corrections officer and by male inmates, the lawsuit claims. After she reported one rape,"Amber was stripped naked by a group of male guards, handcuffed, and placed in the hole for weeks," the suit says.
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