April 2, 2009
LGBT prisoner bill clears first hurdle
A bill by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) that seeks to create a safer environment in state prisons for transgender inmates cleared its first hurdle Tuesday, March 31 when it passed out of the public safety committee on a bipartisan vote of 7-0.
Committee Chair Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Anaheim) called the testimony of Shelly Resnick, a transgender woman who served time in state prison, "compelling."
Resnick, 38, a legal advocate for the TGI Justice Project, spoke of her experience as a 19-year-old transgender woman incarcerated at California's Tehachapi and later Kern Valley state maximum security prisons for men…
LINK - ebar.com (Bay Area Reporter)
