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| Transgender Georgia inmate suing for safe housing allegedly raped again |
| By macon.com- Amy Leigh Womack |
| Published: 07/20/2015 |
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Attorneys representing a transgender Georgia prison inmate are trying to have her moved or to hear the state prison system’s plan for keeping her safe. Ashley Alton Diamond, 36, was an inmate at Baldwin State Prison in Milledgeville in February when she filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Corrections seeking safe housing and hormone treatments. Diamond, who was born a man but identifies as a woman, alleged in her complaint that she’d been raped several times at different facilities since she entered the prison system in 2012, serving time for theft, obstruction and escape convictions in Floyd County. She may be incarcerated until 2023. At an April hearing, U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell asked to be made aware of any changes in Diamond’s status, said Chinyere Ezie, a lawyer with the Southern Poverty Law Center who is representing Diamond. Read More. |
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