(FOX NEWS) – 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.
The consent decree, a court-ordered settlement in a legal dispute, would also require all transgender women currently or previously in CDOC to receive a $2.1 million payout, depending on the severity of the alleged assault, discrimination and harassment while in prison. Rewards could range from $1,000 to $10,000 per plaintiff.
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