The overlapping crises facing our global community are the result of generations of political decisions. And while we must collectively uproot oppressive ideologies and institutions, President Joe...
Updated: September 8, 2021
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Southern Poverty Law Center for a preliminary injunction motion hearing in our case, Diamond v. Ward, et al. , before the U.S. District Court for the...
Updated: May 10, 2021
May 10, 2021Shifting power to the people beyond Biden’s first 100 days Today we are launching our latest federal policy agenda titled “Shifting Power to the People: A Rights-based Vision for Biden & the...
Court Hears Emergency Motion From Ashley Diamond May 12, 2021, Atlanta – Today, a federal judge heard an emergency motion in a case charging the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) with violating...
May 14, 2021... “Why would you put a woman in a men’s prison? What do you expect to happen? The message Georgia is sending trans people in custody is that our lives and existences simply do not matter. But I...
May 14, 2021... Imprisoned in Georgia, Ashley Diamond was raped 14 times by both sexually violent inmates and prison staff. This was after a guard talked about her gender identity using slurs like “freak” and “...
May 14, 2021...Diamond’s legal team at the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Southern Poverty Law Center released a statement saying they were “encouraged” by the Biden administration’s decision to jump...
May 17, 2021...“I’m really hurt that I’m having to sue GDC over the same set of circumstances,” Diamond wrote in an email sent to her lawyer, according to the New York Times . “It is no easy task taking on a...
May 17, 2021... Diamond has been in and out of prison several times, and even benefited from the filing of an Obama Administration amicus brief in one of her earlier lawsuits struggling for appropriate treatment...
May 17, 2021...Attorneys at the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center for Constitutional Rights are representing Diamond in her quest to be transferred to a female prison. Her lawsuit, filed in November...
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