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| Transgender Inmate Alleges Abuse at San Francisco County Jail |
| By Bay City News Service |
| Published: 11/25/2002 |
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Strong allegations are being levied today against a San Francisco Sheriff's Department deputy who allegedly assaulted a transgender inmate at the San Francisco County Jail. Deputy Anthony Hughes was allegedly fired by Sheriff Michael Hennessey on Nov. 4, after transgender inmate Tumeka Godwin filed a civil rights complaint in October in California Superior Court. In the lawsuit Godwin v. Hennessey, et al., Godwin accuses Hughes of assaulting her in San Francisco County Jail over a three-month period in late 2001, according to Tumeka's attorney Jana Carter. 'On multiple occasions, Deputy Hughes - who supervised Tumeka's housing block - ordered her to strip naked, masturbate, show him her body, and dance for his arousal,'' said Carter, attorney with firm Carter & Schear, in Oakland. Eileen Hirst, chief of staff for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, declined comment, citing state laws that prevent her from speaking about personnel involved in legal matters. 'I'm hopeful that after long years of advocacy by individuals and community groups this firing is an indication that all San Francisco officials will begin taking complaints of abuse seriously,'' said Chris Daley, of the Transgender Law Center. Today at 10:30 a.m. representatives from the Transgender Law Center, TransAction, a former transgender inmate and a local attorney joined forces to rally on the steps of City Hall to bring attention to the abuse they claim transgender people suffer at the hands of law enforcement personnel. Tumeka is currently in the California State Prison, in Solano, serving a sentence for receiving stolen property. She is scheduled to be released in November 2003. |
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