Prisons and Policing Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/issue_cat/prisons-policing/ Making Authentic Lives Possible Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:36:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Prisons and Policing Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/issue_cat/prisons-policing/ 32 32 Kingdom v. Trump https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/kingdom-v-trump/ Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:34:04 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?post_type=case&p=24286 In March 2025, Transgender Law Center, the ACLU LGBTQ & HIV Project, the ACLU National Prison Project, and the ACLU of DC filed Kingdom v. Trump, a class action lawsuit against the Trump Administration and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) challenging an Executive Order and new BOP policies prohibiting access to gender-affirming care for […]

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]]> Lorena Borjas https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/lorena-borjas/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:27:22 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15634 Lorena Borjas, a transgender Latina woman and well-known advocate who has helped countless transgender women like herself survive trafficking and other abusive situations. Based in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, Lorena has spent years walking the streets and supporting others to escape abusive situations, providing condoms and food, connecting the trans women she meets […]

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]]> Raven v. Polis https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/colorado-class-action-lawsuit/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:41:08 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15617 On November 22nd, 2019, Transgender Law Center (TLC) and King & Greisen, LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all transgender women who are or will be in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC).

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]]> Chin Tsui https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/chin-tsui/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:39:41 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15556 Chin Tsui is a trans man who is a survivor of human trafficking. He's been detained by ICE. We're working to #BringChinHome.

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]]> Christina Lopez https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/christina-lopez/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:45:26 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15098 Christina Lopez, a transgender woman from Peru and a survivor of human trafficking, was first detained by immigration officials in 2014 and spent almost five years in ICE custody until she secured a special visa and was released in 2019.

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]]> Nicoll Hernández-Polanco https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/nicoll-hernandez-polanco/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:39:00 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15095 Nicoll Hernández-Polanco is a Guatemalan transgender woman who was detained at the behest of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in an all-male facility in Florence, AZ.

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]]> Saunders-Velez v. Colorado Department of Corrections https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/saunders-velez-v-colorado-department-of-corrections/ Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:46:32 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15005 Lindsay Saunders-Velez is a young, Black transgender woman who fought for her safety and to be treated for who she is by the Colorado Department of Corrections (“CDOC”) where she was in custody.

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]]> Roxsana Hernandez https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/roxsana-hernandez/ Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:16:09 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=14995 Transgender Law Center (TLC) and the Law Office of Andrew R. Free have filed a Notice of Wrongful Death Tort Claim in New Mexico, the first step in holding all parties responsible for Roxsana Hernandez’s death accountable.

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]]> Norsworthy v. Beard https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/norsworthy-v-beard/ Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:01:02 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=14991 Transgender Law Center represented Michelle Norsworthy, a transgender woman held in a California men’s prison.

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]]> Quine v. Beard https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/quine-v-beard/ Sat, 12 Oct 2019 16:44:39 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=14987 The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reached a groundbreaking settlement with TLC and Shiloh Quine, a transgender woman held in a men’s prison, to move her to a women’s facility and provide medical care, including gender-affirming surgery, determined necessary by several medical and mental health professionals.

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