Transgender prisoner in D.C. Jail gets transferred to women’s unit, but her lawsuit against the District continues
sued the District of Columbia last week after being placed in a men’s unit based on a Department of Corrections policy that houses prisoners based on their genitalia, their biological sex at birth, and whether they’ve undergone gender confirmation surgery.In her lawsuit, Hinton has alleged that DOC’s policy is unconstitutional and discriminatory against Hinton and other transgender individuals, violating not only their Fifth Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution, but prohibitions on discrimination based upon sex and gender identity in the D.C.