The transgender woman whose lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections led the prison system to change the way it treats transgender inmates says her rights are once again being violated.
In a letter to the Georgia Department of Corrections, lawyers for Ashley Diamond say she’s been repeatedly sexually assaulted and denied adequate hormone treatment.
“A federal court recognized that the fact of being in a maximum-security facility puts her at high risk of assault and yet again that’s where they have chosen to keep her,” said Beth Littrell, a senior staff attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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