Transgender Inmate Gets Rare Transfer To Female Prison Wqad A transgender woman serving a 10 year sentence in illinois for burglary has been moved from a men’s to a women’s prison in what is a rare accommodat. A transgender woman serving a 10 year sentence in illinois for burglary was granted permission to move from a men’s to a women’s prison in a rare decision by state authorities, her lawyers.
Deon Strawberry Hampton Photo Provided Illinois dept. of corrections via ap. a transgender woman serving a 10 year sentence in illinois for burglary has been moved from a men's to a women's prison in what is a rare accommodation by state prison authorities, her lawyers announced thursday. deon "strawberry" hampton , 27, was moved after a yearlong legal battle and resistance from the. By michael tarm. associated press. chicago — a transgender woman serving a 10 year sentence in illinois for burglary has been moved from a men’s to a women’s prison in what is a rare accommodation by state prison authorities, her lawyers announced thursday. deon “strawberry” hampton, 27, was moved after a yearlong legal battle and. A transgender woman serving a 10 year sentence for burglary has been moved to a women's prison in what could be a first for illinois. lawyers for 27 year old deon "strawberry" hampton announced her transfer thursday after a year of resistance by the illinois department of corrections. the macarthur justice center and uptown people's law center have been fighting to force prison officials to. While prison officials do have the option of assigning such male to female transgender inmates to women’s prisons — it happens infrequently. federal data from 2016 indicates there were no transgender prisoners in illinois’ two female prisons; there were 28 in the state’s 24 male prisons.
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