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'I will not be erased': Transgender woman sues prisons for treatment behind bars
WBAL TV ^ | 04/23/2023 | Lisa Robinson

Posted on 05/10/2023 1:36:28 PM PDT by simpson96

BALTIMORE — A transgender woman is suing the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services for her treatment behind bars.

The suit, filed by Chelsea Gilliam, alleges she faced cruel and unusual treatment at two correctional facilities as she awaited trial.

"I would say I was treated like an animal, but it was worse than that. People love and respect their animals. I was treated like an alien from the moment I entered Baltimore City Corrections, by inmates and staff," Gilliam said.

Gilliam faced assault charges and was being held at the Baltimore City Correctional Center and the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center while awaiting trial.

While at the Baltimore jail, Gilliam said she was placed with all men for three months. She said she was forced to live and shower with male inmates. She also said she was harassed by both officers and inmates and sexually assaulted by another inmate.

"The defendants tried to erase me, what happened to me and all traces of being transgender, but I will not be erased, and I will not be silenced," said Gilliam.

The lawsuit brought by Brown, Goldstein and Levy alleges both facilities refused to accept Gilliam's legally changed name and her gender identity.

"The lawsuit asserts negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress, because DPSCS denied Ms. Gilliam medical care, forced her to live with male inmates and placed her in solitary confinement," said attorney Eve Hill. "We're asking for injunctive relief that the DPSCS adopt policies and procedures and training for its officers to prevent this from happening again, so that people are properly treated in the future."

Lawyers are calling for compensatory and punitive damages.

(Excerpt) Read more at wbaltv.com ...


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1 posted on 05/10/2023 1:36:28 PM PDT by simpson96
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Just stop calling these guys “women” and that’ll be a good start in eradicating the problem.


2 posted on 05/10/2023 1:37:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: simpson96

Hope one of his cellmates doesn’t have a knife.


3 posted on 05/10/2023 1:38:33 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: simpson96

Ask the j6 prisoners abt cruel and unusual punishment. Some have been there over 850 days and have not yet seen a judge. 6th amendment says no longer than 70 days


4 posted on 05/10/2023 1:39:22 PM PDT by Singermom
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To: simpson96

A fake woman crying like a little girl.


5 posted on 05/10/2023 1:41:13 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the beast and steal its food!)
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To: simpson96

If she has a schlong, she should be treated like a guy. Where’s the problem?


6 posted on 05/10/2023 1:41:32 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: simpson96

He probably wants to go to a women’s prison so he can rape them.


7 posted on 05/10/2023 1:45:14 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: simpson96

Not a woman, a mutilated man.


8 posted on 05/10/2023 1:45:41 PM PDT by Dragonspirit (CNN is the enemy. Ashli Babbitt is the hero.)
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To: simpson96

The courts have been wrong in this...giving them more rights than they are entitled to...and erasing our rights...whether it’s the privacy of a bathroom or locker room or shower or the demand that I address them by what THEY want. ST


9 posted on 05/10/2023 1:46:02 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: simpson96

Actually, Mutato’s problem is his narcissism and lack of familiarity with what is called JAIL.


10 posted on 05/10/2023 1:50:15 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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11 posted on 05/10/2023 1:52:31 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: simpson96

Gilliam is just a man in womanface.


12 posted on 05/10/2023 1:55:22 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: simpson96

most people think slavery is illegal.. but that is not true, the government can own slaves, we call them prisoners and they basically have no rights.


13 posted on 05/10/2023 1:57:50 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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Did “She” think the jail would roll out the Red Carpet just for her?
Don’t commit a crime that puts you in jail.


14 posted on 05/10/2023 2:09:35 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: simpson96

A mentally ill MAN is suing over HIS treatment….


15 posted on 05/10/2023 2:26:36 PM PDT by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: simpson96

What was her crime? Err...his crime? Its crime? Just...why was she there? Some felony I presume. Is she/he/it aware that prisoners imprisoned in prison generally aren’t there for a fun time? She feel like she was treated like a dog? A...bitch? Well....yeah...? Cupid stunt. Prisons are full of trannys anyhow. Its fkg PRISON!!!!


16 posted on 05/10/2023 2:27:49 PM PDT by know.your.why
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To: tennmountainman

Yes this individual expected red carpet treatment because “trans” people feel they are special.

In the “trans” world, being misgendered is a serious offense.


17 posted on 05/10/2023 2:31:34 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: simpson96
I was treated like an alien from the moment I entered Baltimore City Corrections, by inmates and staff," Gilliam said.

You ARE alien to normals, even criminal normals.

18 posted on 05/10/2023 3:17:51 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
most people think slavery is illegal.. but that is not true, the government can own slaves, we call them prisoners and they basically have no rights.

The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House of Representatives on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865, and proclaimed on December 18. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War.

19 posted on 05/10/2023 3:21:05 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: simpson96
That's Chelsea seated at left.

And no, the photo isn't backwards, as indicated by the logos and numerals on the microphones.

20 posted on 05/10/2023 4:21:02 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“There is no good government at all & none possible.”--Mark Twain)
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