Raped, beaten, transgender inmate sues Calif. prison system
August 23rd, 2007 by Babe
Alexis Giraldo was born a man and takes hormones to feminize her appearance, a fact she says prison officials didn’t care about even as her male cellmate raped and beat her.
Giraldo is suing the state prison system over a policy of assigning inmates like her to men’s or women’s prisons depending on whether they have had a sex change.
Giraldo’s lawyer asked a jury last week for unspecified damages.
Giraldo, 30, says Folsom State Prison guards ignored her complaints and returned her to the same cell until she was assaulted again, then put her in protective custody.
Giraldo has asked Superior Court Judge Ellen Chaitin to order prison officials to come up with a new system for housing transgender inmates. AP
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