As part of the settlement, the county will pay Holland $160,000 for the harms she suffered, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF).
And this is for the grievous abuses of
Assigned to the men's unit inside the Broome County jail and placed in an isolated cell by herself with glass walls on all sides, visible to men in the unit at all times, despite informing correctional officers several times about her transgender status.
Denied access to a shower and the ability to leave the cell during periods when men she detained with were allowed out.
Strip searched by several men, forced to peel off her acrylic nails without the appropriate tools and placed exclusively within men’s housing units, despite disclosing her transgender status multiple times.
Her wig, which was glued to her head, was ordered to be removed.
Medical providers denied her hormone replacement therapy medications for four weeks, never provided her with her prescribed testosterone blockers or antidepressants and only provided her with a single estrogen injection after she had been in the jail for 28 days.
Being physically attacked during the intake process, suffering multiple bruises, cuts, a broken tooth and a painful lump on her head that caused her severe migraines.
How many of these people actually believe that civilized people go around intentionally making their lives worse for shits and giggles, rather than that their daily behavior is so disruptive that it must be stopped lest we all go back to being savages? I know there are grifters, but millions of useful idiots are starting to scare me more.
Boy, sometimes it would be handy not to be a straight white dude. I'd go to NY, be an absolute nuisance, and then make them pay me thousands to millions of dollars when someone complains. Easy money.
And this is for the grievous abuses of
Wonder what caused the “physical attack”.
Either resisting the intake officers or coming on to them.
Serves the prison authorities right for ignoring the fact that they're in New York state.
Almost certainly a sex crime. Trannies are nothing if not predictable.
How many of these people actually believe that civilized people go around intentionally making their lives worse for shits and giggles, rather than that their daily behavior is so disruptive that it must be stopped lest we all go back to being savages? I know there are grifters, but millions of useful idiots are starting to scare me more.
Boy, sometimes it would be handy not to be a straight white dude. I'd go to NY, be an absolute nuisance, and then make them pay me thousands to millions of dollars when someone complains. Easy money.
Every prisoner that doesn't identify as trans is an idiot. Get that money. Bonus if they stick you in the hen house and you get laid too.
i wish they'd have just killed it and saved people a bill