New Florida prison policy on trans health care 'like conversion …
17 小时之前 · The Florida Department of Corrections’ media office did not respond to multiple emails and phone calls with detailed questions, but in court papers responding to the ACLU’s lawsuit, the department’s lawyers argued that the new rules are “a carefully crafted policy that creates an individualized course of treatment for each inmate based on scientific evidence and clinical judgment.”
Florida adds restrictive prison policy on trans health care
1 天前 · Earlier this fall, Florida officials ordered transgender women in the state’s prisons to submit to breast exams. As part of a new policy for people with gender dysphoria, prison medical staff ...
New Florida Prison Policy Targets Trans People - Political Wire
11 小时之前 · Marshall Project: “Earlier this fall, Florida officials ordered transgender women in the state’s prisons to submit to breast exams. As part of a new policy for people with gender dysphoria, prison medical staff ranked the women’s breast size using a …
Florida inmate, now paraplegic, was ‘dragged like a rag doll’
2019年9月3日 · In what’s being called one of the worst prison beatings in memory, four male Florida prison guards attacked an inmate suffering from mental illness, slammed her to a concrete floor, elbowed...
Florida Prisoner Paralyzed, Starved To Death By Corrections Officers
2022年10月19日 · Craig Ridley died in 2017 after corrections officers paralyzed him and left him in solitary confinement for days without access to food. A medical examiner ruled Ridley's death a homicide—yet...
Florida Department of Corrections
as florida's largest state agency, and the third largest state prison system in the country, fdc employs nearly 24,000 members, incarcerates over 80,000 inmates and supervises more than 146,000 offenders in the community.
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as florida's largest state agency, and the third largest state prison system in the country, fdc employs nearly 24,000 members, incarcerates over 80,000 inmates and supervises more than 146,000 offenders in the community.
Hearing set for Florida inmate paralyzed in attack by guards - Miami Herald
2019年12月5日 · Cheryl Weimar was severely beaten by multiple officers at Lowell Correctional Institution, leaving her paralyzed from the neck down. The Department of Corrections is seeking her early...
Florida inmate says beating by guards left her paralyzed
2019年9月5日 · ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A female inmate at a Florida prison is suing the state corrections agency, saying she was left paralyzed after being beaten by four guards. Cheryl Weimar and her husband, Karl, said in their lawsuit that her civil rights were violated when she was nearly beaten to death by guards last month at the Lowell Correctional ...
I’m Paralyzed From the Collarbone Down, and My Time in Prison …
2017年1月25日 · I have a spinal cord injury in my neck, which rendered me paralyzed from the collarbone down. When I was sentenced to prison, my physical disability should have been taken into account by the corrections officers and staff.