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Downloadable Resources

• “Favorable Jurisdictions” document, a resource TPRC created of other jurisdictions that have updated their policies to be the same as or similar to Int 625 in New York City. This document also works in advocating for GIRDS!
• Slides from our most recent teach-in on GIRDS.
• Guide to knowing your rights in the NYC Jails: Your Truth, Your Rights, created by TPRC Coalition members. Please download and share with your community! For physical copies and more info, click here.
• NYCLU’s one-pager on GIRDS: Protect Trans New Yorkers in Jails and Prisons

Statements in Support of GIRDS

• 32 Advocacy Organization 2024 Group Statement in Support
• Appellate Advocates 2024 statement in support
• The Legal Aid Society 2024 statement in support
• New Pride Agenda 2024 statement in support
• New York Civil Liberties Union 2024 statement in support

Important Legal Wins

• Faith v. Steuben County
• Holland v. Broome County et al
• LeTray v. Jefferson County et al
• Ongoing federal case involving transgender women held by the Bureau of Prisons Doe v. McHenry et al

Reports on TGNCNBI People & Prisons/Jails

• It’s Still War in Here – a 2021 report on TGNCI people in New York State prisons from Sylvia Rivera Law Project and Take Root Justice
• First Report of the Task Force on Issues Faced by TGNCNBI People in Custody – an August 2022 report on TGNCNBI people in NYC jails
• Know Your Rights: Laws, Court Decisions, and Advocacy Tips to Protect Transgender Prisoners – a 2014 report from the ACLU
• Protected & Served? a community survey of LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV – spotlight report on detained participants from Lambda Legal, Black and Pink, and Strength in Numbers Consulting

Media Coverage

• “Rikers Is Already Awful, and It’s Worse if You’re Trans” March 7, 2023 op-ed by Dana Wax, former Chief of Staff to NYC DOC, published in The New York Times
• “Trans Man Forced to Undergo Prison Genital Exam Wins $275,000 Settlement” June 17, 2024 New York Focus
• “Under Eric Adams, a Rikers Island Unit That Protected Trans Women Has Collapsed” January 24, 2023 The City

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