New York Civil Liberties Union: Landmark Settlement Yields One of Nation's Strongest Jail Policies Protecting Transgender People in Custody
August 06, 2020
August 06, 2020
BATH, New York, Aug. 6 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release on Aug. 5:
Today the New York Civil Liberties Union, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, and the law firm BakerHostetler announced a settlement agreement with Steuben County, New York that establishes one of the strongest jail or prison policies in the country protecting the rights of transgender, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, and intersex people in custody. The policy addresses . . .
Today the New York Civil Liberties Union, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, and the law firm BakerHostetler announced a settlement agreement with Steuben County, New York that establishes one of the strongest jail or prison policies in the country protecting the rights of transgender, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, and intersex people in custody. The policy addresses . . .