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DOJ files brief in 人兽性交 suit seeking justice for transgender inmate in Georgia prison

The Department of Justice filed a brief in听Diamond v. Owens, et al. arguing that the Eighth Amendment mandates individualized assessment and care for gender dysphoria.

The Department of Justice today in Diamond v. Owens, et al., a case filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center seeking relief for Ashley Diamond, a transgender inmate in a Georgia prison, who is being denied medically necessary treatment.

In response, Southern Poverty Law Center staff attorney Chinyere Ezie released the following statement:

鈥淭he Department of Justice鈥檚 recognition today that the Georgia Department of Corrections's freeze frame policy on gender dysphoria treatment is unconstitutional underscores what the Southern Poverty Law Center has been fighting for on Ashley Diamond鈥檚 behalf. 听Transgender inmates like Ashley have a right to proper medical care. They have a right to protection from violence and abuse and these rights are secured by the U.S. Constitution.鈥

Listen to Ashley tell her own story and .