Despite receiving treatment and living as female since age 14, inmate denied treatment in DOC custody; Eighth Amendment lawsuit seeks end to policy denying transgender inmates medically-necessary care
TALLAHASSEE, FL. –(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida has filed a lawsuit challenging the Florida Department of Corrections’ (DOC) denial of hormone therapy and other medically necessary treatment for a transgender woman currently detained in a state men’s prison. The lawsuit, filed…
