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A transgender woman was put in a jail cell with men and assaulted by one of them, lawsuit says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/13/transgender-woman-lawsuit-jail/A transgender woman jailed in San Diego was placed in a cell with men, one of whom beat her and fractured her jaw before deputies intervened, the woman said in a lawsuit against San Diego County and its sheriff’s office.
When Kristina Frost was detained on Nov. 25, 2020, she said, she was repeatedly misgendered by San Diego jail staffers despite her telling them that she was transgender and despite her driver’s license stating her gender, according to a lawsuit filed this week in a federal court in San Diego. After deputies escorted Frost to a “minimally monitored” cell with three men “against her wishes,” according to the lawsuit, one of the men waited until Frost fell asleep and then attacked her.
She woke to him punching her while deputies watched, she said in the lawsuit. Deputies eventually intervened, removing the man, but they detained Frost for 12 hours before she was released and could go to a hospital, her lawyers said in a court filing.
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A 2020 investigation by NBC News found that transgender people incarcerated in the United States are almost always housed in facilities based on the sex they were assigned at birth, putting them in danger of assault.
When Kristina Frost was detained on Nov. 25, 2020, she said, she was repeatedly misgendered by San Diego jail staffers despite her telling them that she was transgender and despite her driver’s license stating her gender, according to a lawsuit filed this week in a federal court in San Diego. After deputies escorted Frost to a “minimally monitored” cell with three men “against her wishes,” according to the lawsuit, one of the men waited until Frost fell asleep and then attacked her.
She woke to him punching her while deputies watched, she said in the lawsuit. Deputies eventually intervened, removing the man, but they detained Frost for 12 hours before she was released and could go to a hospital, her lawyers said in a court filing.
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A 2020 investigation by NBC News found that transgender people incarcerated in the United States are almost always housed in facilities based on the sex they were assigned at birth, putting them in danger of assault.
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