Colorado could become the first state to build separate prison units for transgender felons

By Fox News —— Bio and Archives March 16, 2024

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Colorado is poised to become the first state in the country with segregated holding cells for transgender women in prison, if a judge signs off on it.

After a class action lawsuit was filed by several transgender inmates in 2019 against the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) alleging discrimination, harassment and assault, a judge is scheduled to rule on a consent decree that would bring further changes – including surgical sex changes and hormone treatment – to the state's penitentiary, Fox News Digital has learned. ---More...