All posts tagged "jail"
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Don Dwyer sentenced to jail time for alcohol-related incidents
Maryland Del. Don Dwyer (R-Anne Arundel Co.), a notorious opponent of LGBT rights in the Free State, was sentenced Friday to 60 days in jail...
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Maryland Del. Dwyer Appealing Sentence
A lawyer for Maryland Del. Don Dwyer (R-Anne Arundel Co.), one of the General Assembly's most vocal opponents of LGBT rights and same-sex marriage, has...
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DCTC vs. Virginia
The DC Trans Coalition (DCTC), a local advocacy group advancing the civil rights of transgender people, has filed a friend of the court brief urging...
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The Waiting Game
If you're confused about what has changed in D.C. jails since Virginia Soto, a woman who was wrongfully placed in a male facility for two...
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Graham Joins Trans Activists
In an e-mail message dated Monday, Aug. 4, to local transgender activist Jeri Hughes, Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1), expressed his support for the DC...
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Riled Over Rules
In the months-long debate between the District and the transgender community regarding the treatment of gender-variant detainees in District jails, the ongoing dialogue seems to...
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Transforming Corrections
D.C. Trans Coalition continues effort to amend DOC guidelines on transgender inmates Complaints regarding the handling of transgender inmates in D.C. jails, including stories from...
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Prison Guideline Grudge
Jeri Hughes, a member of D.C. Trans Coalition, on June 12 fired the latest shot in an ongoing melee between the D.C. Department of Corrections...
