The article highlights the ongoing challenges faced by transgender women in the U.S. prison system, particularly due to a controversial executive order by Donald Trump. Despite multiple court rulings prohibiting the transfer of trans women to men's facilities and blocking the withholding of medical treatment, many are still being placed in men's prisons. Legal representatives detail how these transfers exemplify the broader attack on trans rights. Specific cases are mentioned, including that of Whitney, a trans woman recently transferred against her will, pointing to the urgent need for reform and protections.
I'm just continuing to be punished for existing, said Whitney, a 31-year-old trans woman who was transferred from a women's facility to a men's prison this week. The BOP changed her records from female to male, records show.
Kara Janssen, an attorney representing trans women in litigation, said she learned of another trans woman not included in the lawsuits who was recently transferred to a facility that houses men, and also had the gender marker in her records changed.
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