A 'prison inside of prison': Georgia inmates sue correctional officials for denying gender-affirming care

Emily Early, the associate director of the Southern Regional Office of the Center for Constitutional Rights, says gender dysphoria is a medical diagnosis that requires medical treatment. She says it’s unconstitutional to remove medical care on the bases of non-medical judgement.

This is the focus of a new lawsuit. Right now, nearly 300 Georgia inmates are suing Georgia corrections officials for not providing gender-affirming care.

On Friday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Early and colleague, senior staff attorney Chinyere Ezie, who filed the lawsuit with co-counsel Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, were guests on the program.