Trans woman is paid $160,000 after being 'misgendered' by jail staff
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작성자 Layne Cormack 작성일25-01-30 08:44 조회5회 댓글0건관련링크
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A trans woman in New York has been paid a $160,000 settlement after she was 'misgendered' by staff at all-male jail and ordered to remove her acrylic nails without the correct equipment. Makyyla Holland, a 25-year-old black transgender woman, accused correctional officers at the Broome County Jail of abuse and discrimination after being arrested on criminal contempt and assault charges. She was held in an all-male jail during two stints totaling six weeks in 2021, and claims she was physically attacked during the intake process on January 22, suffering a broken tooth and painful lump on her head. Holland says she was assigned to the men's unit and put into an isolated cell with glass walls.
She was denied access to a shower throughout her time which ended February 5, 2021, according to court documents. Trans woman Makyyla Holland has been paid $160,000 over abuse claims She was being held at the Broome County Jail after being arrested in 2021 Holland, 25 says she was 'routinely harassed and misgendered' by staff Between June 1 and July 2, 2021, she says she was stripped searched by male officers, made to peel off her acrylic nails without the proper tools and ordered to remove her wig, which was glued to her head.
Despite disclosing her transgender status multiple times, she says she was placed within men's housing units and misgendered - referred to as a man. She alleged she was denied hormone replacement therapy medications for four weeks and wasn't given her prescribed testosterone blockers or slot online antidepressants. 'I was harassed, mocked, misgendered and worse: jail staff strip-searched me, beat me up, placed me in the male section of the jail and withheld my hormones for a period of time, forcing me to go into agonizing withdrawal,' said Holland via the New York Civil Liberties Union. 'I just felt I was a laughing stock there I was being discriminated because of me being a trans woman.
That put me at a high risk of harassment. I had to adapt to what the jail put me through.' She felt like her life didn't matter when she was denied her medication. Holland filed a lawsuit in 2021, claiming she was 'routinely harassed and misgendered', and that pleas 'for help and for protection from the the threats and sexual victimization to which they had exposed her' were ignored. Following the landmark settlement, go.id which included a payment of $160,000 as well as new LGBTI guidelines for the facility, Holland said she hopes change will come from her experience. Transgender people in Broome County Jail will now be able to receive transgender health care, be housed consistent with their gender identity and be free from harassment and discrimination.
Clothing and toiletry items will be consistent with a person's gender identity and access will be granted to gender-affirming items such as wigs. 'No one should ever have to go through what I went through at the Broome County Jail and I am so grateful that with this new policy, hopefully, no one else ever will,' Holland said. 'This policy and policies like it can impact a lot of my community and I will continue to fight to ensure that no other trans person in New York or anywhere has to endure what I did.
She was denied access to a shower throughout her time which ended February 5, 2021, according to court documents. Trans woman Makyyla Holland has been paid $160,000 over abuse claims She was being held at the Broome County Jail after being arrested in 2021 Holland, 25 says she was 'routinely harassed and misgendered' by staff Between June 1 and July 2, 2021, she says she was stripped searched by male officers, made to peel off her acrylic nails without the proper tools and ordered to remove her wig, which was glued to her head.
Despite disclosing her transgender status multiple times, she says she was placed within men's housing units and misgendered - referred to as a man. She alleged she was denied hormone replacement therapy medications for four weeks and wasn't given her prescribed testosterone blockers or slot online antidepressants. 'I was harassed, mocked, misgendered and worse: jail staff strip-searched me, beat me up, placed me in the male section of the jail and withheld my hormones for a period of time, forcing me to go into agonizing withdrawal,' said Holland via the New York Civil Liberties Union. 'I just felt I was a laughing stock there I was being discriminated because of me being a trans woman.
That put me at a high risk of harassment. I had to adapt to what the jail put me through.' She felt like her life didn't matter when she was denied her medication. Holland filed a lawsuit in 2021, claiming she was 'routinely harassed and misgendered', and that pleas 'for help and for protection from the the threats and sexual victimization to which they had exposed her' were ignored. Following the landmark settlement, go.id which included a payment of $160,000 as well as new LGBTI guidelines for the facility, Holland said she hopes change will come from her experience. Transgender people in Broome County Jail will now be able to receive transgender health care, be housed consistent with their gender identity and be free from harassment and discrimination.
Clothing and toiletry items will be consistent with a person's gender identity and access will be granted to gender-affirming items such as wigs. 'No one should ever have to go through what I went through at the Broome County Jail and I am so grateful that with this new policy, hopefully, no one else ever will,' Holland said. 'This policy and policies like it can impact a lot of my community and I will continue to fight to ensure that no other trans person in New York or anywhere has to endure what I did.
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