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Trans Woman Ashley Diamond Sues Georgia Department of Corrections Georgia Voice Atlanta November 23, 2020 0Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Southern Poverty Law Center, has...
Georgia Department of Corrections has first openly transgender employee Elizabeth Friedly Georgia February 15, 2018 0Trystlynn Melanni Barber, 58, has become the first openly transgender employee to work for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC)....
Justice Department, U.S. Attorney investigating treatment of Georgia LGBT prisoners Patrick Saunders Atlanta April 14, 2016 0The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office have opened up a joint investigation into the Georgia Department...
Transgender Georgia inmate who filed suit against state released from prison early Patrick Saunders Georgia August 31, 2015 0Ashley Diamond is finally home. The transgender Georgia inmate, who filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections...
Transgender Georgia inmate says warden leaked information to inmates Patrick Saunders Atlanta August 6, 2015 0Attorneys for transgender Georgia inmate Ashley Diamond say that she is receiving threatening letters from fellow inmates and that prison...
Attorney: Transgender Georgia inmate sexually assaulted again Patrick Saunders Georgia July 21, 2015 0Ashley Diamond, the transgender Georgia inmate who filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), says that...
Macon judge denies transgender Georgia inmate’s plea for transfer Patrick Saunders Atlanta April 21, 2015 0A federal court judge has denied transgender Georgia inmate Ashley Diamond’s request to be transferred to a lower-security prison for...
Transgender Georgia inmate testifies: ‘It’s something I was born into’ Patrick Saunders Georgia April 20, 2015 0Ashley Diamond testified in a federal courthouse in Macon Monday afternoon, explaining to the judge that she was born transgender...
Georgia DOC restores transgender inmate’s hormone treatments Patrick Saunders Georgia April 10, 2015 0The Georgia Department of Corrections announced in a federal court hearing in Macon on Thursday that they have restored transgender...
Federal lawsuit filed against Georgia DOC on behalf of transgender inmate Patrick Saunders Atlanta February 20, 2015 0The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections on behalf of a...