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.
And this is for the grievous abuses of
Wonder what caused the “physical attack”.
Either resisting the intake officers or coming on to them.