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Lambda Legal Reaches Favorable Settlement for Passion Star, Transgender Woman Sexually Assaulted in Texas Men's Prisons

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March 15, 2018

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Transgender Rights
Paroled! Lambda Legal Client Passion Star to Be Released After Years of Abuse

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December 6, 2016

Lambda Legal client Passion Star has been granted parole from Telford State Prison in Texas, 14 years after entering the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) system and suffering horrific abuse as a transgender woman incarcerated in male prisons.
Lambda Legal Urges Investigation into Sexual Assaults of Incarcerated LGBT People in Texas

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July 28, 2016

Following the state of Texas’s latest assurance to the U.S. Department of Justice that it will work towards fully complying with Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) in future years, Lambda Legal today sent a letter to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) PREA Ombudsman, urging investigations into several reports of sexual assault and abuse against LGBT people in Texas’s prison system.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Transgender Rights
Federal Court Orders Texas Prison Chief to Remain Defendant in Transgender Woman’s Abuse Case

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March 14, 2016

Today, a U.S. District Court rejected an attempt to remove Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), as a defendant in Zollicoffer v.

See Also: Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Passion Star, PREA, Racial Justice and Low-Income Advocacy, Transgender Rights
Making the Case for Transgender Rights

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December 28, 2015

This year more than ever, transgender people were the focus of media attention. Transition stories and true and fictional narratives about trans lives exploded into the American consciousness like never before. This is a hopeful development.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Welcomes Strengthened Commitment From Texas Governor to Comply With PREA

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June 12, 2015

On Thursday, June 11th, Lambda Legal learned that the Department of Justice had accepted a new letter from Texas Governor Gregory Abbott certifying that Texas would take a more serious approach to implementing the standards of the Prison Rape Elimination Act.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Transgender Rights
Justice Dept. Rejects Texas Governor's Assurance of PREA Compliance

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May 22, 2015

We are profoundly disappointed that Gov. Abbott has neglected to make a meaningful commitment to meet the Prison Rape Elimination Act standards set by the DOJ, and we applaud the Justice Department for demanding real commitment from Texas to use grant funds to actually enforce these standards.