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Department of Corrections answers questions about transgender inmate
By 11alive.com- Jeremy Campbell
Published: 09/16/2015

ATLANTA (WXIA) -- The Georgia Department of Corrections is answering questions from 11Alive News about how it houses transgender inmates.

It's been under scrutiny since Ashley Diamond, a transgender inmate, claimed she was raped and abused while being housed in a male prison. She was serving time for a burglary charge.

In an exclusive interview with 11Alive News, Diamond also shed light on the transgender population numbers inside Georgia jails.

"I'm not the only transgender person and I think that's what people think. No. You know they had a policy that was in effect ten years before I was ever in the system," she said.

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